General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height: 6-12 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Fruit: Other: Butterfly Host Plant
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Dynamic Accumulator: Ca (Calcium)
Mg (Magnesium)
S (Sulfur)
Fe (Iron)
Mn (Manganese)
Si (Silicon)
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Beetles
Flies
Wind
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • English Plantain
  • Buckhorn Plantain
  • Ribwort Plantain
  • Narrowleaf Plantain

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-06-23
Location: No.Calif amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2010-may
Plantago lanceolata
Location: Fairfax, VA

photo credit: sannse
Location: Cramlington, Northumberland UK
Date: 2024-05-06
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-28
Location: Butterfly garden
Date: 2012-08-16
Flower & seed heads
Location: Hortus Botanicus Akureyensis - Akureya - Iceland
Date: 2019-07-29
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-25
Location: Southern Pines, NC Connecticut Avenue near Tremont road Horse country
Date: May 18, 2022
English plantain #176; RAB page 975, 172-1-4; AG page 422, 83-1-4
Location: Morpeth Northumberland UK
Date: 2022-06-07

Date: 2012-06-28
Old bloom turning into seed head
Location: Butterfly garden
Date: 2012-08-16
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-21
Flower heads just opening, the pink flowers in the background are
Location: nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Southern Pines, NC Connecticut Avenue near Tremont road Horse country
Date: May 18, 2022
English plantain #176; RAB page 975, 172-1-4; AG page 422, 83-1-4
Location: nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-06-22
Location: CZ Sirem
Date: 4000-06-26
Location: Ponta do Pargo - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-17
Location: nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Southern Pines, NC Connecticut Avenue near Tremont road Horse country
Date: May 18, 2022
English plantain #176; RAB page 975, 172-1-4; AG page 422, 83-1-4
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2011-06-08
Location: Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-28
with grasshopper :)
Location: Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-28
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-06-06
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-26
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-26
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-26
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-26

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Location: Ponta do Pargo - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-17
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Comments:
  • Posted by imabirdnut (North Texas - Zone 7b) on Aug 16, 2012 4:18 PM concerning plant:
    Butterfly host plant for Baltimore checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton), Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae), and Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
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