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Plantago
Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 centimetres (24 inches) tall.
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
greater plantain
speciesPlantago major
Plantago cornuti
speciesPlantago cornuti
Plantago winteri
speciesPlantago winteri
Plantago himalaica
speciesPlantago himalaica
Plantago tatarica
speciesPlantago tatarica
Plantago griffithii
speciesPlantago griffithii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.49
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.122
The Secrets of Albertus Magnus on the Nature of Women and the Virtues of Herbs
Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger · 1604 · p.30
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.34
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.73
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.115
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.33
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.71
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.219
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.652
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.25
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.34
In the stacks
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Every page naming Plantago in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1421895.