Family: Plantaginaceae Plantago major     *     Greater Plantain Flowering time: June-October. Perennial. Habitat: Abundant, waste and cultivated ground in urban and rural areas The flower spike is slightly shorter than the stalk, flowers have lilac anthers. Basal rosette of broadly oval, hairless leaves with 5-9 veins and a broad-winged leaf stalk. Similar: Hoary Plantain, P. media. Densely hairy grey-green leaves. Pink-purple stamens, whitish anthers.

Greater Plantain, Plantago major
Holton Lee, Dorset. October 2012