Blackseed Plantain

(Plantago rugelii Dcne.)

Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family)

rosette, showing purple petiole bases▲▼

flowering plants▲▼

Inflorescence ­

Blackseed Plantain:  (pp. 272- 273, Weeds of the Northeast; pp. 392-393, Weeds of the Great Plains)

·         rosette forming, simple perennial with fibrous root systems

·         leaves oval, narrowing near attachment to crown

·         larger leaves, purplish leaf base = blackseed plantain

·         smaller leaves, green leaf base = common broadleaf plantain

·         flowers all along an upright spike (not clustered as with buckhorn plantain)

·         blooms spring to early summer

·         reproduces readily by seed