Plantaginaceae
Desert Indianwheat
Plantago ovata
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Plantago
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- لسان الحمل البيضوي, انم, زباد, كنباثي, لقمة نعجة, لقمه النعجه, مصيص, نبات بيضي
- arz
- الربله
- Assamese
- ইচবগুল, উদ্ভিদ, ঔষধি উদ্ভিদ, গুল্ম জাতীয়, ৰবি শস্য
- Bangla
- ইসবগুল
- Bulgarian
- Яйцевиден живовляк
- Burmese
- ဤစပ်ဂိုလ်
- Catalan
- Saragatona de l'Índia
- Chinese
- 圆苞车前, 圓苞車前, 腺毛车前子
- Czech
- Jitrocel vejčitý
- English
- Desert Indianwheat, Blond plantain, Ispaghu, Blond psyllium, Ispagol
- Finnish
- Jänönratamo
- French
- Ispaghul, Plantain des indes, Psyllium
- German
- Flohsamen, Indischer Flohsamen, Psyllium
- Hindi
- ईसबगोल
- Hungarian
- Egyiptomi útifű
- Japanese
- インドオオバコ, プランタゴ・オバタ
- lah
- اسپغول
- Lithuanian
- Balkšvasis gyslotis
- Malayalam
- ഇഷദ്ഗോൾ, Desert Indianwheat
- Marathi
- इसबगोल
- Persian
- پلانتاگو اواتا
- Polish
- Babka jajowata
- Punjabi
- ਈਸਬਗੋਲ
- Russian
- Подорожник яйцевидный
- Sindhi
- اسپغول جو ٻوٽو
- Spanish
- Isphagula, Llanten indio, Llantén indio
- Swedish
- Vitt loppfrö
- Thai
- เทียนเกล็ดหอย
Synonyms
- Plantago albicans Roem. & Schult.
- Plantago argentea Desf.
- Plantago brunnea E.Morris
- Plantago declinata Roem. & Schult.
- Plantago decumbens Forssk.
- Plantago decumbens var. viridis Barnéoud
- Plantago fastigiata E.Morris
- Plantago fastigiata var. brunnea (E.Morris) Pilg.
- Plantago gooddingii A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.
- Plantago insularis Eastw.
- Plantago insularis var. fastigiata (E.Morris) Jeps.
- Plantago insularis var. insularis
- Plantago insularis var. scariosa (E.Morris) Jeps.
- Plantago insularis var. typica Poe
- Plantago ispaghul Roxb.
- Plantago leiocephala Wallr. ex K.Koch
- Plantago mauritii Sennen
- Plantago microcephala Poir.
- Plantago minima A.M.Cunn.
- Plantago monspeliensis Willd.
- Plantago ovata f. linearifolia Sennen
- Plantago ovata var. decumbens (Forssk.) Zohary
- Plantago ovata var. fastigiata (E.Morris) S.C.Meyers & Liston
- Plantago ovata var. insularis (Eastw.) S.C.Meyers & Liston
- Plantago ovata var. linearifolia Sennen
- Plantago ovatifolia Steud.
- Plantago scariosa E.Morris
- Plantago trichophylla Nábělek
- Plantago villosa Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- January to April (from 1,749 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brshedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: brshedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brshedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.