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Plantago maritima

sea plantain

Botanical details
Family
Plantaginaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
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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