Plantain: How To Identify and Use This Edible ‘Weed’
Plantain is one of the most readily available and easily identifiable edible and medicinal weeds in the United States. It contains a lot of protein for a plant, making it a great survival food source.
The Psyllium in plantain is one of the primary reasons it is also a potent wild medicinal plant.
Plantain is also referred to (although less commonly) as wagbread and rippleseed. The botanical scientific name for broadleaf plantain is Plantago major. Long or narrow-leaf plantain is also a wild edible, and medicinal weed that grows in most regions of the United States.
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