Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia civiliata) and purple Lemmon's mustard, (Caulanthus anceps) The Temblor Range in evening light in th...

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2 Great Valley phacelia 1+Phacelia civiliata+2 and purple Lemmon's mustard 1+Caulanthus anceps+2 The Temblor Range in evening...

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2, and Orange fiddle neck 1+Amsinckia intermedia+2 The Temblor Range, also carpeted in flowers, in evening light in the backg...

Ernie Janes / Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata) in grazing meadow, Norfolk, England, UK. April.

Ernie Janes / Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata) in grazing meadow, Norfolk, England, UK. April.

Adrian Davies / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) dispersing pollen in breeze.

Adrian Davies / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) dispersing pollen in breeze.

Stephen Dalton / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) flowers, England, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum cautum) nectaring on Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata)flowers, with pollen blowing in the wind, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Philippe Clement / English plantain (Plantago lanceolata) in flower in spring, Fowlsheugh, Scotland, UK, May

Andy Sands / Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) viewed from below with open wings on larval foodplant Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata), UK, Captive. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) roosting on larval foodplant Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), UK - Captive - Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) roosting on larval foodplant Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), UK. Captive. Focus Stacked Image

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceleota) Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flower in the background. Carrizo Plain National Monument,...

Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceleota) Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flower in the background. Carrizo Plain National Monument, Ca...

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceleota) Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia ciliata) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flower in the back...

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display. Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great valley phacelia (Phacelia ciliata) and purple stalks of Lemmon's mustard (Caulanthus anceps) the Temblor Range carpeted...

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display. Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) and Orange fiddle neck (Amsinckia intermedia) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flowers in the background. Carrizo Plain Nation...

Mike Read / Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) and Ribwort plaintain (Plantago lanceolata) flowering in water meadows, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK April

Mike Read / Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) and Ribwort plaintain (Plantago lanceolata) flowering in water meadows, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK April

Will Watson / Mating pair of Six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) alighted on Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata), Pembrokeshire, Wales. UK, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Map butterfly (Araschinia levana) on leaf of Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) in a meadow, Massat, Ariege, Pyrenees, France, July.

Nick Upton / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) flowering at the edge of a hay meadow on a river bank, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) flowering in a hay meadow alongside Meadow buttercups (Ranunculus acris) and Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale), Wiltshire, UK, May.

Philippe Clement / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) in flower, Belgium, April.

Nigel Cattlin / Flower and anthers of Ribwort / Narrowleaf plantain (Plantago lanceolata) plant on wasteground, Berkshire, May

Nigel Cattlin / Ribwort / Narrowleaf plantain (Plantago lanceolata) flowering plant on wasteground, Berkshire, May

Guy Edwardes / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) on Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) in wildflower meadow at sunset, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) roosting on ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), Marsland mouth, Devonshire, UK. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lanceleaf water plantain (Alisma lanceolatum) in flower, Umbria, Italy. July.

Linda Pitkin / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata). South West London, England, UK. June.

Linda Pitkin / Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) on bank of River Thames. Hampton Court, Richmond Upon Thames, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Ribwort plantain / Lamb's tongue (Plantago lanceolata) flowering with long lanceolate leaves and opening flower heads with white anthers Berkshire, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Flowering Ribwort or Narrowleaf plantain (Plantago lanceolata) plant flowering in waste ground in spring, Berkshire, England, UK, May

Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia civiliata) and Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa). The Temblor Range also carpeted with flower in the...

Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) and Tidy-tips, (Layia platyglossa) The Temblor Range also carpeted with flower in the background in evening light. Carrizo Plai...

Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata), and Orange fiddle neck (Amsinckia intermedia) The Temblor Range also carpeted with flower in the background in evening light. C...

Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display. Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great valley phacelia (Phacelia civiliata), Tidy-tips, (Layia platyglossa) The Temblor Range, also carpeted in flowers, in evening...