| No | 25 |
| Common Name: | Ribwort Plantain |
| Scientific Name: | Plantago lanceolata |
| Irish Name: | Slánlus |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Habitat: | waste places, tracks and meadows |
| Uses: | Ribwort can be eaten raw or cooked. Ribwort Plantain is a very nutritional leafy vegetable containing Calcium, vitamins A,C, and K. Its young leaves can be eaten raw, but larger leaves get tough and are better when cooked. Recorded in folklore stories as being used for feeding turkeys |
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