| Plantago afra | |
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| Plantago afra near Marrakesh, Morocco | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Plantago |
| Species: | P. afra |
| Binomial name | |
| Plantago afra | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Plantago afra, commonly known as glandular plantain, [3] is a flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, and is one of a group of species in the genus Plantago formerly treated by some authors in a separate genus Psyllium . [2] It is native to northern Africa (south to Tanzania), southern Europe, and southwestern Asia, and is locally naturalised elsewhere, including north to Great Britain. [2] [3] It has been extensively confused with the related species Plantago indica (branched plantain, syn. P. arenaria). [3]