Photographs: Co. Cork

Bucks-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus Adharca fia Family: Plantaginaceae Flowering time: May-July. Biennial. Native. The flower spikes are brownish with yellow stamens on unridged flower stalks. Basal rosettes of leaves that can be very variable in shape, more/less deeply pinnately lobed. A usually hairy plant. Height 10-25cm. Mainly coastal on dry sand, gravel, short turf, rocks and cliffs Related: Sea Plantain, P. maritima. Unlobed, erect, fleshy leaves

Bucks-horn Plantain, Plantago coronopus, Adharca fia