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Plantago
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<p><i>Plantago</i> is a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of about 200 species of <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plants</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Plantaginaceae/dQguqr30">Plantaginaceae</a>, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated <a href="/facts/Plantain_(cooking)/31rJyyl4">cooking plantain</a>. Most are <a href="/facts/Herbaceous_plant/u6myDhE2">herbaceous plants</a>, though a few are <a href="/facts/Subshrub/NRV9LAHv">subshrubs</a> growing to 60 centimetres (24 inches) tall. </p>