Buckhorn Plantain
Scientific Name: Plantago lanceolata L.
Other Names: narrow leaf plantain, rib grass
Life Cycle: perennial
General Description: A perennial with narrow leaves forming a rosette.
Seedlings: Cotyledons
are grass-like (long and linear) with a groove running down the center.
Young leaves are lanceolate and parallel veined.
True Leaves and Stem: Leaves
are lanceolate and parallel veined. Petioles wrap around the center of
the rosette. Blades are mostly smooth, but may have a few hairs. Leaves
may be erect, but prostrate in turf environments.
Roots: Short, woody underground stem with fiberous roots.
Flower and Fruit: White
flowers are produced on long leafless stalks in dense cylindrical
heads. Fruits are brown capsules containing two small brown seeds.