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.

Nick Upton / Hoary plantain (Plantago media) flowering in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

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

Chris Mattison / Buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) growing on the ruins of St. Brynach's Church, Cwm-yr-Eglwys, Dinas Peninsula, near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, June.