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.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hoary plantain (Plantago media) Piano Grande, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. June..

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spotted fritillary caterpillar (Melitaea didyma) Sibillini, Italy, June.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Hoary Plantain (Plantago media) flower spike, Büchelberg, Pfalz, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Kerstin Hinze / European hamster (Cricetus cricetus) adult female, feeding on flowers of Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major), captive

Chris Mattison / Sea plantain (Plantago maritima) Isle of Ulva, Mull, Scotland

Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans var. bombylans) a mimic of the Red-tailed bumblebee feeding on Hoary plantain (Plantago media) pollen on grassland meadow cleared of scrub to improve the habitat for bees...

Nick Upton / Two Swollen thighed / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) males feeding on Hoary plantain (Plantago media) pollen on grassland meadow cleared of scrub to improve the habitat for bees and ot...

Nick Upton / Rhopalid bug / Henbane bug (Corizus hyoscyami) a toxic species with warning colouration on on Hoary plantain (Plantago media) in grassland meadow, St. Catherine's valley, Bath and North-east Somerset,...

Alex Hyde / Hoary Plantain flower spike (Plantago media) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

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.

Fabrice Cahez / Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) and Plantain (Plantago) Vosges, France, May.

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

Nick Upton / Sea plantain (Plantago maritima) clump flowering on a cliff top, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Sea plantain (Plantago maritima) clump flowering on a cliff top, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, UK, June.

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.

MYN / Marko Masterl / Hoary Plantain (Plantago media) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, May Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) capturing a Bumblebee (Bombus sp) on Hoary plantain (Plantago media), Slovenia, Europe, June Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) capturing a Bumblebee (Bombus sp) on Hoary plantain (Plantago media), Slovenia, Europe, June Meetyourneighbours.net project

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

Pete Oxford / Plantain (Plantago rigida) group, Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Colin Monteath / Distichia (Distichia muscoides) cushion plant and Plantain (Plantago rigida) on edge of swampy high country, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

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

Nick Upton / Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) female grazing on Plantain (Plantago sp.) leaves on a woodland floor in spring, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fleshy plantain (Plantago maritima) in flower, nr Norcia, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hoary plantain (Plantago media) in flower, Terminillo, Lazio. Italy. June.

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

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

Nick Upton / Buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) flowering on coastal grassland, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) flowering on coastal grassland, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) flowering by a coastal path, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Sea plantain (Plantago maritima) flowering on clifftop grassland, Kynance Cove, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. June.

Stephen Dalton / Solitary bee (Andrena sp) flying to Plantain flower, Sussex, England, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Hoary plantain (Plantago media), two flowers on white background. Salisbury Plain SSSI, Wiltshire, England, UK. May.

Nick Upton / Hoary plantain (Plantago media) on white background. Salisbury Plain SSSI, Wiltshire, England, UK. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Species rich alpine meadow including Sainfoin (Onobrychis arenaria), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis), Clovers (Trifolium spp), Hoary plantain (Plantago media), Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus sp) and Y...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Species rich alpine meadow with Sainfoin (Onobrychis arenaria), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis), Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Hoary plantain (Plantago media). Dolomites, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Species rich alpine meadow with Sainfoin (Onobrychis arenaria), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis), Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Hoary plantain (Plantago media). Dolomites, Italy. June.

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.

Linda Pitkin / Buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) pistillate (female) flowers, Ham Common, Surrey, England, August.

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