Long Leaf Plantain
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Shred the leaves of this very common, widespread, invaluable, lawn and garden "weed", and you can cure new mosquito bites by repeatedly applying the juice for 15 minutes. It also helps heal poison ivy rash and relieve virtually any skin irritation.
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Young Long Leaf Plantain Basal Rosette
Long, narrow (the related common plantain has oval leaves), ribbed, smooth-edged leaves spreading in a circle from 1 point characterize this plant. |
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Young Long Leaf Plantain Basal Rosette
Not the yummiest of foods, you can eat these small leaves, which taste like wheat grass juice, raw or cooked, in early spring, before they become tough. |
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Long Leaf Plantain in Flower
Single, cylindrical flowers growing atop long, slender stalks tower over the basal rosette in the summer and fall. |
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Long Leaf Plantain in Flower
Brown flowers with tiny white stamens (which produce pollen) grow on top of long, slender stalks in summer and fall. |
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Long Leaf Plantain Flower
Tiny, white, protruding stamens encircle the scruffy, brown flower's "waist". The summit resembles a narrow pineapple. |
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Long Leaf Plantain Flower
Each tiny, white, long stamen's tip looks like a pair of buns. |
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