Plantaginaceae
Hoary plantain
Plantago media
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Plantago
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- لسان الحمل الصغير, آذان الشاة, آذان الغزال, أذن الشاة, آذَان الغَزَ
- arz
- لسان الحمل الصغير
- Asturian
- Llanzuela mediana
- Azerbaijani
- Ortaboy bağayarpağı
- Basque
- Plantain ertain
- Belarusian
- Трыпутнік сярэдні
- Bulgarian
- Среден живовлек
- Catalan
- Plantain moyen
- Chinese
- 北車前, 北车前, 中车前
- Czech
- Jitrocel prostřední
- Danish
- Dunet Vejbred
- Dutch
- Ruige weegbree
- English
- Hoary plantain
- Estonian
- Keskmine teeleht
- Finnish
- Soikkoratamo
- French
- Plantain intermédiaire, Plantain moyen, Plantain bâtard, Plantain intermediaire
- German
- Mittlerer Wegerich, Mittel-Wegerich, Plantain moyen
- hsb
- Wowči jazyčk, Pyšny putnik
- Hungarian
- Réti útifű
- inh
- Юкъера говрбарг
- li
- Ruge waegbrei
- Lithuanian
- Plaukuotasis gyslotis, Plantain moyen
- Macedonian
- Среден тегавец
- mzn
- استر واش
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dunkjempe
- Persian
- پلانتاگو مدیا
- Polish
- Babka średnia
- Russian
- Подорожник средний
- Serbian
- Srednja bokvica, Средња боквица
- Slovak
- Skorocel prostredný
- Spanish
- Llanten medio, Llantén medio, Alpiste borde, Hierba para dolores, Hierba para el sudor de pies, Hoja de lantén, Hoja de llantén, Hoja del antel
- Swedish
- Rödkämpar, Kämpegroblad, Plantain moyen
- Turkish
- Beyaz sinirli ot
- Ukrainian
- Подорожник середній
Synonyms
- Arnoglossum incanum Gray
- Plantago concinna Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 1,908 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Martin Jung, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nicoweg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Darrel Watts, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Luis Camaño, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Iemma, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.