- You will get 220 Seeds of Plantago Plantain Flower Seeds. - Sunlight: Full Sun. - Life Cycle: Perennial. - Watering: Medium. - Plantago Plantain may be considered a weed by most, but to the informed, this is a valuable plant. - Common name : Ribwort Plantain (Narrowleaf Plantain, Narrow Leaf Plantain, English Plantain). - Latin name : Plantago lanceolata. - Family name : Plantaginaceae. - This Plantain is probably the most easily recognised of all the Plantain species and is good tortoise fodder as part of a mixed diet. The flower stamens are a creamy-white, giving this Plantain the appearance of having a white flower when in fact it is brown. - Germination: - Scarification: none required. - Stratification: none required. - Germination: sow seed 1/16" deep, tamp the soil, lightly mulch the seed bed.