Plantago
 Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains or fleaworts. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm (23.5 in) tall. The leaves are sessile but have a narrow part near the stem which is a pseudo-petiole. They have three or five parallel veins that diverge in the wider part of the leaf. Leaves are broad or narrow depending on the species.