Biennial & Perennial Weeds
PLANTAIN: BROADLEAF & NARROWLEAF Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata Life Cycle: Perennial Plant Description:
Broadleaf Plantain: Perennial from a basal rosette with broad oval leaves. Leaves are smooth or slightly hairy, oval or elliptic. Flowering stems are 5 to 15 inches long and clustered with small flowers with whitish petals surrounded by bracts.
Narrowleaf Plantain: Perennial weed with narrow, linear leaves in a basal rosette. Leaves have veins running the length of the leaf, either sparsely hairy or without hairs. A leafless, unbranched spike up to 4 inches long contains many inconspicuous flowers. Treatment: Apply 12 to 16 fluid ounces of DuraCor ®
herbicide per acre. Use lower rate when weeds are shorter than 6 inches tall and actively growing. Increase rate as plants become more mature.
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