Common Plantain (Plantago major) - Botanical Illustration & Identification Guide #3804631 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white botanical illustration depicts Plantago major, the common plantain, featuring its broad, ovate leaves with prominent parallel venation arising from a basal rosette. Three erect scapes bear dense, cylindrical spikes of small, wind-pollinated flowers, while insets detail a dissected flower (a) and a mature seed capsule (b). The root system shows fibrous, shallow roots typical of this cosmopolitan weed.

Used in educational botanical resources, field guides, herbal medicine references, and taxonomy pages; supports user intent to identify, study, or forage Plantago major.