English plantain is a common weedy species of North America. It is a perennial from a fibrous rootstock with numeorus erect stems from 10-60 cm tall and numerous narrow leaves. The leaves are narrowly oblanceolate narrowed to a winged petiole. The leaves rnage from 4-40 cm long with entire or occasionally sparsely-toothed margins. The venation is prominently 3- several veined, with the veins largely arising from the base of the leaf.
The inflorescence is short and dense, ovoid at first but lengthening later in bloom. The 4 petals are brownish and spreading. The sepals are ovate with a green stripe.English plantain is a weedy species of roadsides, lawns, pastures, and other disturbed places.
English plantain is found widely throughout North America.
