Common Plantain (Plantago major)

also known as: Broadleaf Plantain, Greater Plantain etc.


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Division - Magnoliaphyta
Class - Magnoliopsida
Subclass - Asteridae
Order - Plantaginales
Family - Plantaginaceae
Genus - Plantago


This plant has nothing to do with the banana-like fruit called the plantain. It is a common garden weed. It is invasive and, to be frank, not the prettiest plant in sight by a long shot. It commonly grows in sidewalk cracks and out of other such places.

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