Common Water-Plantain 

Name : Common Water-Plantain 

Family : alismataceae 

Leaf : large ; oval; ending in a point ; two times longer than wide; placed on the ground or in the water around the plant. 

Flowers : small; white and yellowish-green ; 3 petals; joined in small groups at the end of the stem. 

Size : 50 cm – 1 m 

Did you know that the Common Water-Plantain‘s resin is fatal to horned animals (cows, steers and goats) that graze on it?