Plantago coronopus Buck's-horn plantain (Plantaginaceae)

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Plantago coronopus
Buck's-horn plantain
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The Plantago coronopus plant species is found in Britain. It is a member of the Plantaginaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Buck's-horn plantain.

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Latin Name:  Plantago coronopus
Common Name:  Buck's-horn plantain
Family:  Plantaginaceae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  0.3   Mature Width:  0.25

Habitat:  Sandy or gravelly soils and cracks in rocks, in sunny places in dry soils usually near the sea[4, 17].

Edible Uses: Young leaves - raw or cooked[2, 13, 132, 183]. High yielding[27]. One of the nicer tasting members of this genus, the leaves are fairly tender and have a slight bitterness[K]. Some people blanch the leaves in boiling water for a few seconds before using them in salads in order to make them more tender[183]. This leaf is one of the ingredients of 'misticanze', a salad mixture of wild and cultivated leaves that originated in the Marche region of Italy[183].

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