Buck’s-horn plantain
Plantago coronopus · Plantain family
Plant portrait
Buck’s-horn plantain forms a low rosette of narrow deeply divided leaves.
Harvested part
Young leaves from identified vegetable plants.
What to watch for
Follow leaves radiating from the centre and the slender upright flower spikes.
Growth stages of the buck’s-horn plantain
Plotilo illustrates the buck’s-horn plantain in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
No other plant from the plantain family is in the Plotilo catalogue yet.