| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago aristata | Buckhorn Plantain, Largebracted Plantain | Sandy and other barren soils, disturbed areas, especially dry, barren, exposed soil, such as clay soils denuded by bulldozing. | The original distribution obscure; perhaps from OH west to NE, south to Panhandle FL and TX. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago cordata | King-root, Heartleaf Plantain | Aquatic or semi-aquatic in streambeds with outcrops of slate, limestone, or calcareous clay, and aquatic in tidal estuaries. | NY and s. ON west to WI, south to w. VA, c. NC, nw. GA, AL, sc. TN, and MO, very scattered and rare in every state in which it occurs, except MO. P. cordata is not known to be extant in VA, where it formerly occurred in the estuary of the Potomac River and in Smyth County in sw. VA. In NC, P. cordata is apparently limited to two slate-bottomed streams in s. Davidson County. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago coronopus | Buckhorn Plantain | Disturbed areas, especially on ballast at old ports, and probably only a waif. | Native of Eurasia. | |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago elongata | Prairie Plantain | Prairies, moist or dry, sandy soil, especially over rock. | MN west to BC, south to TX, NM, AZ, CA, and Mexico. | |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago floccosa | Floccose Plantain | Disturbed areas. | Native of Mexico. In Escambia County, FL. | |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago helleri | Cedar Plantain, Heller's Plantain | Limestone outcrops. | Nc. and c. TX west to NM, south to Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE). |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago heterophylla | Slender Plantain, Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain | Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Se. VA and MO south to Panhandle FL and TX; adventive at scattered sites farther north (at least as far north as NY). |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago hookeriana | Tallow-weed | Sandy, gravelly, or rocky areas, dunes, clay flats; eastwards adventive in disturbed areas. | Native of sc. North America: e., c. and w. TX south to n. Mexico (CHI, COA, TAM, NLE), scattered eastwards as a waif. | |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago indica | Indian Plantain, Leafy-stemmed Plantain, Sand Plantain, Psyllium, Flaxseed Plantain | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago lanceolata | English Plantain, Rib-grass, Narrowleaf Plantain | Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago major | Common Plantain, White-Man's-Foot | Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe, possibly also native in ne. North America, possibly as far south as the northern part of our area. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago maritima var. juncoides | Seaside Plantain, Goose-tongue | Salt marshes. | Var. juncoides apparently ranges from Greenland and ne. Canada south to e. VA. Reports of the species in MD are false. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago media | Hoary Plantain | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago patagonica | Woolly Plantain | Sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils, prairies; eastwards on roadsides and in disturbed areas. | ON and BC south to w. AR, TX, NM, AZ, CA, Mexico. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago pusilla | Little Plantain | Roadsides, disturbed areas. | IN, IL, MN, MB, SK, AB, BC south to Panhandle FL, TX, and CA. Belden et al. (2004) discuss the Virginia occurrence, on Fort Pickett Military Reservation, Nottoway County. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain | Riverbanks, forest openings, disturbed areas. | MO, NE, NM, AZ, and s. CA south to w. LA, TX, and Mexico. Reported as ranging east to KY, TN, and GA (Kartesz 2021), probably as adventive from farther west; reports for GA and TN need additional confirmation. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago rugelii | American Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Rugel’s Plantain | Roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas. | NB to ND, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago sparsiflora | Pineland Plantain | Wet pine savannas over calcareous substrates (coquina limestone), now usually found in moister human-created microhabitats adjacent to these sites, such as fire-plow lines, shallow ditches along roadsides, or mowed powerline rights-of-way. | Se. NC south to ne. FL, restricted to the Coastal Plain (reports of this species for VA are in error). |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago uliginosa | Many-seeded Plantain | Salt marshes, estuarine shores. | NJ northwards. A report (as P. major var. intermedia) for Asssateague Island, VA (Accomack County) in Tatnall (1946) is plausible, but the cited specimen has not been relocated. | |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago virginica | Virginia Plantain, Hoary Plantain | Saline marshes, thin soils over rock, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas. | MA and NY west to SD, south to s. FL and TX. |  |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago wrightiana | Wright's Plantain | Sandy, rocky, or gravelly prairies and open woodlands; eastwards in on roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas. | Apparently native of sc. and sw. United States and n. Mexico, but the original distribution somewhat obscure. Now extending east to VA, NC, SC, GA, and FL. |  |
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