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Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District Common
Plantain (Broadleaf Plantain) The non-native (Eurasia) Common Plantain is common in our area. This weed prefers full or partial sun and moist to slightly moist soil. Habitats include lawns, mowed roadsides, compacted soil along paths and waste areas. This perennial has a low rosette of basal leaves about 5-12" across, from which one or more flowering stalks develop. The basal leaves are 2-5" long and 1½–3" across, oval-shaped and toothless with about 5 prominent parallel veins. The flowering stalks are 4-20" long. A narrowly cylindrical spike of densely distributed tiny greenish flowers occurs along the upper two-thirds of the stalk.
Common Plantain at Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve July 12, 2013
Common Plantain at Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve July 12, 2013 Click here for more information. Copyright © 2011-2017 by Kendall County Forest Preserve District. All Rights Reserved. |
