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

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.

Philippe Clement / Ribwort Plantain / English Plantain / Narrowleaf plantain (Plantago lanceolata) in flower. Belgium, May.

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.

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