Water Plantain is a native aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial with broad, oval leaves and tall, branching stalks bearing whorls of small, three-petaled white to pale pink flowers. Found across North America in shallow water and wet soils, it produces clouds of tiny flowers through summer. The plantain-like leaves emerge above the water surface, giving the plant its common name. Water Plantain was used medicinally by various Indigenous peoples.
Habitat
Found in shallow ponds, marsh edges, ditches, and wet shores across North America.
Diet
Seeds consumed by ducks and shorebirds; provides habitat for aquatic invertebrates.
How common
Common
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