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Plantago media
hoary plantain
Other common names
fire leavesfireweed
see morehealing herb
kemps
lamb's ear
lamb's legs
lamb's tongue
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Botanical details
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Genus
Plantago
- Genus description
A genus of 200 species of flowering plants, mainly herbaceous but with a small number of subshrubs, and often classed as a weed. Broad or narrow foliage with long stalks of inconspicuous flowers that are wind-pollinated
- Name status
Correct
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