Plantaginaceae
Branched plantain
Plantago indica
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Plantago
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- بذر قطونا, حشيشة البراغيث
- Belarusian
- Трыпутнік шурпаты
- Bulgarian
- Пясъчен живовлек
- Catalan
- Plantain des sables
- Chinese
- 对叶车前, 對葉車前, 对叶车前*(气状车前), 腺毛车前子, 气状车前
- Croatian
- Pješčani trputac
- Czech
- Jitrocel písečný
- Dutch
- Zandweegbree
- English
- Branched plantain, Sand plantain
- Estonian
- Liiv-teeleht
- Finnish
- Haararatamo
- French
- Plantain des sables, Herbes aux puces, Plantain scabre
- German
- Sand-Wegerich, Indischer Wegerich, Plantain des sables
- Hebrew
- פסיליום, מוציוויטל, קונסיל
- hsb
- Pěskowy putnik
- Japanese
- エダウチオオバコ
- li
- Zandjwaegbrei
- Lithuanian
- Smiltyninis gyslotis, Plantain des sables
- os
- Хъуынджын дугъысыф
- pam
- Psyllium
- Persian
- اسپرزه, اسفرزه, پسیلیوم
- Polish
- Babka piaskowa
- Russian
- Песочник шероховатый, Подорожник песчаный, Подорожник шероховатый, Песочник индийский, Псиллиум шершавый, Подорожник блошиный
- Spanish
- Llanten de arena, Llantén de arena
- Swedish
- Sandkämpar, Plantain des sables
- Urdu
- اسپغول
Synonyms
- Plantago annua (Thuill.) Rauschert
- Plantago arenaria Waldst. & Kit.
- Plantago arenaria f. rossica Tuzs.
- Plantago arenaria subsp. orientalis (Soják) Greuter & Burdet
- Plantago arenaria var. divaricata Boiss.
- Plantago arenaria var. garganica Ten.
- Plantago arenaria var. rossica (Tuzson) Lewalle
- Plantago indica subsp. orientalis Soó
- Plantago indica var. rossica Pilg.
- Plantago italica S.G.Gmel. ex Steud.
- Plantago latifolia Wissjul.
- Plantago psyllia St.-Lag.
- Plantago psyllium L.
- Plantago ramosa Asch.
- Plantago ruthenica Adams ex Decne.
- Plantago scabra Moench
- Plantago scabra subsp. orientalis (Soják) Tzvelev
- Psyllium annuum Thuill.
- Psyllium arenarium (Waldst. & Kit.) Mirb.
- Psyllium arenarium subsp. orientale (Soó) Soják
- Psyllium erectum Dum.Cours.
- Psyllium indicum (L.) Mirb.
- Psyllium indicum Dum.Cours.
- Psyllium indicum subsp. orientale Soják
- Psyllium ramosum Gilib.
- Psyllium scabrum (Moench) Holub
- Psyllium scabrum subsp. orientale (Soó) Holub
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 123 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

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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.