Species

Plantago lanceolata

Etymology

Plantago: old Latin name for flat-leaved plants
lanceolata: Lance-shaped

Common Name(s)

narrow-leaved plantain

Family

Plantaginaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

PLALAN

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1855

Origin

Eurasia

This page last updated on 5 May 2011