Seasonal Wild Flowers

Buck's-horn Plantain

Plantago coronopus

Plantaginaceae

May to October

It is found all round the coast.

Inland it occurs in the Southeast, East Anglia and parts of the

Midlands and the far Southwest.

For a map see the National Biodiversity Network Gateway

It grows on coastal grassland, walls, waste ground, shingle

beaches, sand dunes, sea-cliffs, cliff-top paths and heaths.

Inland, it grows in sandy places and by salt-treated roads.

Buck's-horn Plantain is a native, prostrate, perennial herb,

growing up to 20cm.

The flowers are on spikes (2-4cm) and are greeny-brown with

white anthers.

Stems and leaves are downy.

The leaves are fleshy linear, pointed and variably pinnate.

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Buck's -horn Plantain in cliff-top turf, West Bay

Close-up of stamens

Basal rosette of leaves

Leaves - close-up