Family: Plantaginaceae Greater Plantain Plantago major Flowering time: June-October. Perennial. Abundant on 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 and flowers with pink-purple stamens and whitish anthers.

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