• Plantago

Plantago coronopus

Buck's-horn Plantain Mainly along the Humber bank. An unexpected site was on the roundabout at the junction of Holwell Road and Nidderdale on Brasholme Estate. A flourishing colony of P. coronopus grows on the margin, presumably as a result of winter road salting.

Plantago maritima

Sea Plantain Common along the Humber foreshore and bank.

Plantago major

Greater Plantain As a weed in lawns and verges everywhere, very common.

Plantago lanceolata

Ribwort Plantain Similar situations to P. major and in longer grass.

R Middleton, r.middleton@geo.hull.ac.uk, last updated 14 September 1997