Buck's-horn Plantain

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Plantago coronopus

Buck's-horn Plantain, a reference photo
Photo: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) · Public domain

Plantago coronopus, the buck's-horn plantain, is a herbaceous annual to perennial flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. Other common names in the US and Italy include minutina and erba stella.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Buck's-horn Plantain being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Species
Plantago coronopus

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