The caterpillars preferably feed on various herbaceous plants including " Plantago major ".
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In western China, the jelly-like seeds of " Plantago major " were formerly also used.
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I note that the Plantago major articles notes that the plant was used as a battlefield field-dressing.
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"Plantago major " is one of the most abundant and widely distributed medicinal crops in the world.
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In Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, leaves from " Plantago major " are used as a folk remedy to preventing infection on cuts and scratches because of its antiseptic properties.
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In the mid-1990s, Davison and his colleagues at Newcastle showed that the common plantain ( Plantago major ), an abundant weed that colonizes paths and waste ground throughout northern temperate regions, develops tolerance to ozone.
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He added : " I think it indicates how carefully these volumes are done, that weedy little " Plantago major " gets just as much space, and just as fine an illustration, as any of the rare, exotic, endemic orchid species do . " Harriman also noted the comprehensive literature citations, which he found " most helpful ".