Plantago

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Plantago
Greater plantain (Plantago major)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Tribe:	Plantagineae
Genus:	Plantago L.
Subgenera
Plantago Coronopus Bougeria Psyllium Littorella
Synonyms[1]
Psyllium Mill.

Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 centimetres (24 inches) tall.