Plantago major L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Greater Plantain
🇫🇷 Plantain élevé, Plantain majeur, Grand plantain, Plantain à bouquet

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Plantagineae
Genus: Plantago
Species: Plantago major

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with P. media L., 1753, whose leaves have a short, poorly-defined petiole, while those of P. major have a long, well-defined petiole.

Hybridizes with P. media L., 1753 to produce P. × mixta Domin, 1933, P.

Photographs

img/plantago-major.webp — *Plantago major*

img/plantago-major-2.webp — *Plantago major*

img/plantago-major-3.webp — *Plantago major* - Leaves

img/plantago-major-4.webp — *Plantago major* - Leaf

Sources

Khela, S. (2012). Plantago major (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168960/1257965
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 892). Biotope.