Plaintain Ribwort
Botanical Name: Plantago lanceolata
Other Names: Fighting cocks, kemps
Habitat: Meadows, pastures, footpaths
Description: Perennial grass like plant 60-90cm/2-3ft
Hairless or slight hair Leaves: narrow, lanceolate Basal leaves rosette Stem:
erect Flowers black/brown spikes with yellow anthers April – October
Native to: Europe
Cultivation: Sunny position
Constituents: Mucilage, tannin, ancubin, vitamin C, silicic
acid
Other Notes: The folk name kemp comes from the Latin
cempa meaning warrior