Plantago
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This article is about the plant genus. For the fruit also called plantain, see Cooking plantain. For other uses, see Plantain (disambiguation).
Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 centimetres (24 inches) tall.
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Plantago | |
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Greater plantain (Plantago major) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Tribe: | Plantagineae |
Genus: | Plantago L. |
Subgenera | |
Plantago | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Psyllium Mill. |
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