Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Genus: Plantago (Plantain)
Plantago major L. - Greater Plantain
Plantago coronopus L. - Buck's-Horn Plantain
Plantago maritima L. - Sea Plantain
Plantago alpina L. - Alpine Plantain
Plantago media L. - Hoary Plantain
Plantago atrata Hoppe - Dark Plantain
Plantago lanceolata L. - Ribwort Plantain
Plantago arenaria Waldst. & Kit. - Branched Plantain
Plantago uniflora L. - Shoreweed
Maximal 40 cm tall. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> <ba>spike-like</ba>, <ba><b>elongate-cylindrical</b></ba>, maximal 35 cm long; <span class="v1">stalk:</span> <b>shorter or slightly longer than the leaves</b>, <ba>cross-section round</ba>. <span...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, intensively used grassland, ruderal vegetation, fields, vineyards, parks, gardens, footstep tolerant vegetation, subsp. winteri in salt marshes and at salin ruderal