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Lambs Tongue
Common Name
Lambs Tongue, Ribwort
Scientific Name
Plantago lanceolata
Family
Plantaginaceae
Lifecycle
Perennial
Seasons of Growth
Autumn / Winter
Key Distinguishing Feature
Long Slender, hairy ribbed leaves.
Lambs Tongue has hairy, long, slender ribbed leaves that form 1 or more rosettes from which emerge long, slender flowering stems carrying dense, brown, cylindrical seed heads that often have white anthers sticking out of them from October to March or in July.
