Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Mating pair of Azure damselflies (Coenagrion puella) on Plantain (Plantago sp) Lagadin region, Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Two Plantain (Plantago sp) seed heads, Poland, May 2009

Nick Upton / Buck's-horn Plantain (Plantago coronopus) clump flowering in sand dunes on Culatra island. Parque Natural da Ria Formosa, Olhao, Algarve, Portugal, June.

Nick Upton / Sea plantains (Plantago maritima) flowering just above high water mark on a rocky coastal headland, Fife, UK, July.

Colin Varndell / Flower head and stamens of Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata). Dorset, UK, May.

Colin Varndell / Two Hoary plantain (Plantago media) flowers, Hod Hill, Dorset, UK, July

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Sea Plantain (Plantago maritima) flower spike, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Upton / Hoary Plantains (Plantago media) flowering in chalk grassland meadow. Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Hoary Plantain (Plantago media) flowering. Wiltshire, UK, July.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ribwort Plantain (Platago lanceolata) flower from above, Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, May

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

Colin Varndell / Hoary Plantain (Plantago) flowers. Hod Hill, Dorset, UK, July.