Plantaginaceae

Chinese plantain

Plantago asiatica L.

Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Plantago

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Chinese plantain (Plantago asiatica) — FlowerPhoto: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (16)

arz: بلانتاجو اسياتيكا
Bulgarian: Азиатски живовляк
Cantonese: 車前子
cdo: Hà-mà-chāu
Chinese: 車前, 車前草, 车前, 亚洲车前, 太阳针, 平车前, 牛耳朵草, 猪耳草
English: Chinese plantain
hak: Chhâ-chhièn-chhó
Japanese: オオバコ, おおばこ, シャゼンシ, シャゼンソウ, シャゼンヨウ, 車前子, 車前草, 車前葉
Javanese: Godhong séndhok
Korean: 질경이
lzh: 車前
nan: Ki-tsiân-tsháu, Ki-chiân-chháu, Ku-chiân-chháu, Ku-tsiân-tsháu
Persian: پلانتاگو اسیاتیکا
szy: Nipaluma-bituka
Vietnamese: Xa tiền, Mã đề á
za: Maxbiencauj

Synonyms

Plantago major f. asiatica (L.) Regel
Plantago major var. asiatica (L.) Decne.

Flowers

In flower: February to May (from 150 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Shizhao, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 祐, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 岸本年郎, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: koala0090, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.