Many large Plantago asiatica: generally P. major-like plants with unevenly oriented, pointed capsules, 5-6-7 ovate seeds (4 more or less smooth, all others angled), lower part of spike with gaps; one of possibilities is that they are hexaploids with P. asiatica and P. major / P. japonica There are also few typical P. major with small angled seeds and rounded capsules Plantago japonica distinguishable by: leaves darkening when dry, on long petioles, with acute tip. Stalk typically exceeds leaves, spike also long, with inflated axis and relatively small ball-like capsules, each with around 8 small, elliptic, lighter than black, seeds, vertical rhizome