The basal leaves in front of the cart are rosette like, erect, recumbent or obliquely spreading. The leaves are herbaceous, papery or thin papery, broadly ovate or oval, sharp or blunt at the apex, with sparse irregular teeth or close to the whole leaf margin, sparse pubescence or close to glabrous on both sides, and long petioles.
The spikes in front of the cart are thin cylindrical, and the bracts are wide ovate triangular, glabrous. The keel process is broad and thick, sessile, and the anterior pair of sepals is oval to wide oval, and the posterior pair is wide oval to nearly round. Corolla white, lobes lanceolate to narrowly ovate, elliptic anther, initially lavender or rarely white, brownish when dry. The flowering period is from June to August.
The capsule of Plantago is subglobose or ovoid. About 2-3 mm long, split in the middle where the latter is slightly low. Seeds are oval or ovate, yellowish brown. The fruit period is from July to September.
