| Accepted name: |
Plantago lanceolata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Narrow-leaved Plantain
Ribgrass
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| French names: |
Plantain lancéolé
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Plantaginales
Family: Plantaginaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPLALA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated in central and W Europe, India and Cuba. The dried leaves are an important mucilaginous drug. Also recommended as a fodder plant for sowings in mixture with other herbs and grasses(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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