Plantaginaceae
Plantain family
Herbs with basal rosette leaves and small flowers in dense spikes or racemes. Includes plantain (Plantago), foxglove, and snapdragon.
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Leaves usually clustered in a flat basal rosette with strong parallel-arched veins; tiny, wind-pollinated flowers pack tightly along a dense, leafless flowering spike that rises well above the leaves.
Seeds throughout the genus Plantago swell into a slippery mucilaginous gel on contact with water — the same fibre-rich coating harvested commercially as psyllium husk.
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How to recognise the Plantaginaceae family
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Leaf arrangement: alternate/basal rosette
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Leaf type: simple
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Growth forms: herb
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Inflorescence: spike/raceme
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Fruit: capsule
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryZygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitCapsule
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 5 species in PLANTAGINACEAE
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