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Common name: Greater Plantain
Botanical name: Plantago major
Family: Plantaginaceae
Life cycle: Perennial
Habitat: Greater plantain forms as low growing, rosette type weed on most types of soil. It is especially troublesome on heavily compacted soils and is often an indicator of the underlying problem of compaction.
Leaf: The broad oval shaped leaves are heavily ribbed and they from in a low growing rosette.
Flower: The green spike shaped flowers are bourne on long, erect stems and can be seen between May and October. As the flowers mature they will turn brown prior to the seeds being dropped.
Removal & control: Greater plantain is one of those weeds that can be successfully hand weeded with a weed removal tool as they grow as isolated plants. As this weeds takes advantage of heavily compacted and worn areas, then regular aeration will help prevent the invasion of the weed.
If the infestation is severe, then you may feel you want to use a selective herbicide to control this weed. Greater plantain is not a difficult weed to control with chemicals and most products should be effective.
Family: Plantaginaceae
Life cycle: Perennial
Habitat: Greater plantain forms as low growing, rosette type weed on most types of soil. It is especially troublesome on heavily compacted soils and is often an indicator of the underlying problem of compaction.
Leaf: The broad oval shaped leaves are heavily ribbed and they from in a low growing rosette.
Flower: The green spike shaped flowers are bourne on long, erect stems and can be seen between May and October. As the flowers mature they will turn brown prior to the seeds being dropped.
Removal & control: Greater plantain is one of those weeds that can be successfully hand weeded with a weed removal tool as they grow as isolated plants. As this weeds takes advantage of heavily compacted and worn areas, then regular aeration will help prevent the invasion of the weed.
If the infestation is severe, then you may feel you want to use a selective herbicide to control this weed. Greater plantain is not a difficult weed to control with chemicals and most products should be effective.
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