Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

PLANTAGO (La)
Plantain (Le)
Family: PLANTAGINACEAE

planta, = a sole, sole of the foot.
plantago, = plantain.
(in reference to the broad prostrate leaves)
(ld, Le, Ox)

Plantago coronopus (G, La)
Buck's-horn Plantain (PS)
Location: (F)

coronos, = a crow or raven;
pous, podos, = a foot.
coronopus, = crow-foot; Plantago coronopus, buckshorn-plantain.
(Alien)
(LS, ld)

Plantago crassifolia var. crassifolia (La)

Location: (F, K)

crassus, solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc.;
folium, = a leaf.
(something more thick than usual. Leaves, for instance, are generally papery in texture; the leaves of cotyledons, which are much more fleshy, are called ‘thick’)
(ld, BL)

Plantago lanceolata (La)
Lamb's Tongue, Narrow-leaved Plantain, Ribgras, Wild Sago (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

lancea, = a light spear;
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanceolatus, = armed with a little lance or point, lanceolated, lanceolate.
(armed with a lance or spearpoint, as used by all authors represents a comparatively narrow shape with curved sides tapering to a pointed end; in Linnaeus’s sense, a shape broadest at the middle, tapering to each end with length to breadth about 3 to 1)
(Alien)
(ld, BL, Cw)