Blackseed Plantain

(Plantago rugelii)

Blackseed plantain

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves Flowers Fruit
Blackseed plantain seedling Blackseed plantain leaves Blackseed plantain flowers Blackseed plantain fruit

Growing habit: Erect perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from slender to stout taproot

Leaf anatomy: Rosette arrangement, wide, broadly elliptic to oval, winged petioles

Reproduction: Spike inflorescence, cylindrical, capsule fruit

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice