Common Name: broadleaf plantain, common plantain, dooryard plantain, whiteman's footprintScientific Name: Plantago major L.Family Name: Plantaginaceae - Plantain FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seeds Stemsreproductive scapes, upright, leafless Leavesovate to elliptic, veins parallel and conspicuous below, wavy margins, long petioles with edges curve upward; basal rosette somewhat upright Flowers4-petaled, greenish white, very small, stamens long; terminal heads cylindrical, elongated, narrow Seed Podsdehiscing around middle, circumscissile, many-seeded