1. Buckhorn Plantain, English Plantain, Narrowleaf Plantain: Plantago lanceolata - Leaf blades narrow. Herbage mostly glabrous with tan-woolly hairs only at the leaf bases. Perennial.

2. Broadleaf Plantain, Common Plantain, Great Plantain, Nippleseed: Plantago major (Synonyms: Plantago major var. intermedia, Plantago major var. major, Plantago major var. pachyphylla, Plantago major var. pilgeri, Plantago major var. scopulorum) - Leaf blades broad, generally 1 to 2.5 times longer than wide. Plants glabrous. Perennial.

3. Indian-wheat, Woolly Plantain: Plantago patagonica - Leaf blades narrow. Herbage consists of dense, white-woolly hairs. Annual.