Hul'q'umi'num' name:
sxu’enhween
English Name:
Common Plantain
Alternative English Names:
Broadleaf Plantain, Greater Plantain, Frog Leaf Plantain
Scientific Name:
Plantago major
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Description
Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
Common plantain is a widespread introduced plant that regularly occurs as a weed in lawns as well as along roadsides and elsewhere.
Island Cultural Role
This plant is commonly referred to locally as "frog leaf." The leaves of this plant have been used as a poultice for sores and wounds.
Language
Hul'q'umi'num' Name
sxu’enhween
APA
sx̌əʔenxʷe:n
Speaker
Delores Louie
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