Greater Plantain (Plantago major)

Edibility:Edible Poor

Eating notes: The young leaves can be eaten raw in salads, but many would consider them too bitter. Wilting the leaves down as a spinach alternative is a better way of using this plant.

A very common and familiar 'weed'

Height: 15 - 45cm

Leaves: Broad, oval and strongly ribbed leaves that grow in a basal rosette on long stems.

Flowers: Tall thin flower spikes with tiny flowers. It is these flower spikes than give the plant it’s common name of "rat’s tails"

Stems: No stem. Leaves form a basal rosette.