African Plantain / لِسان حَمَل إفريقي

عُشبَة البَراغيث / بِزِرقَطونا / ربله / إخنّينِة

Plantago afra L.

Flowers & Leaves, March. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Young leaves
Preparation
  • Cooked with olive oil
  • Raw
  • Salads
Blooming period
January to May
Foraging period
January to March
Seed collection period
March to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • No flowers
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Plantago
Family
Plantaginaceae
GBIF Item
Plantago afra L. (7303104)

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-07. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Plantago+affra>
  3. Plantago afra L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-07.

Citation

Plantago afra L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/845 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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