Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : plama

Scientific name: Plantago major L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Plantaginaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: greater plantain

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Großer Wegerich ; ES : llanten mayor ; FR : plantain majeur ; IT : piantaggine maggiore ; PT : tanchagem-maior ; EN : greater plantain ; NL : grote en Getande weegbree, NL : weversblad ; DK : glat vejbred

Biological type: Perennial

Seed:

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Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptic, clavated tip, more or less stalked.

- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, entire-margined.

Adult plant:

- Height: 30-60 cm. Plant more or less pubescent.

- Leaves all in rosette. Blade broad, rounded, parallel-veined. Petiole leaf -like and ciliate, broadened into a sheath and slightly hairy.

- Flowers very small, in lengthened, dense, globose spikes. Corolla greyish or slightly reddish, in a smooth and hairless tube. Scapes leafless. Bracts ovate and obtuse.

- Fruit : Capsule 2- celled with in each cell 8-16 relatively small and ovoid -glandular seeds.

- Plant used against pain caused by stings. Small seeds are eaten by birds. Leaves and roots are astringent, vulnerary and used against disorders of eyes. Seeds emollient.

- Biological type: perennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags):   Present       Present       Present       Present       Present       Rare       Present       Present    

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