BUCK'S-HORN PLANTAIN Plantago coronopus

Corn y Carw

A perenial plant of stony or sandy soils in open dry, disturbed habitats. It can often be found on open grassland, sea cliffs, shingle and waste ground. A herb of dry, open, often heavily trampled habitats on acidic to basic stony or sandy soils, and in rock crevices. It occurs in open grassland, on heathlands, sand dunes and shingle, sea-cliffs and sea-walls, waste ground, amenity grassland and by paths.

From the basal rosette, rises a stem with tightly clustered creamy flowers.

Height: 15cm

Flowers: May to October

Colour: Cream