1. Differences in leaves

Plantago seed leaves are oval or ovoid, about 4-12 cm long and 2-7 cm wide, with roots and pointed or blunt tops. , narrow base, long handle. Margin entire or irregularly toothed. Plantago leaves are ovate-lanceolate, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, about 3-12 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, with a rosette-shaped base, a pointed apex, a wide wedge-shaped base and a narrow wedge-shaped edge, with irregular serrated edges. or teeth.

2. Differences in flowers

Plantago seeds are spike-shaped, light green, with triangular lobes that curl outward. The corolla of Plantain is white, with small lobes, oval or oval, and folds back after blooming.

3. Differences in fruits

Plantain is a capsule with an egg-shaped cone and nearly oval seeds, dark brown. The capsule of Plantarum is oval in front and conical-oval in the back, and its seeds are oval in shape, changing color from tan to black.