Ribwort Pantain

Description:

The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky, hairy flower stems (10–40 cm/3.9–16 in). The basal leaves are lanceolate spreading or erect, scarcely toothed with 3-5 strong parallel veins narrowed to short petiole. Grouping leaf stalk deeply furrowed, ending in an oblong inflorescence of many small flowers each with a pointed bract. Each flower can produce up to two seeds.

Notes:

P. lanceolata is used frequently in tisanes and other herbal remedies. It is also used in beverages such as teas. A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine