Sweet Indian Plantain - Hasteola suaveolens
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain by Council Ring Spring in Madison, Wisconsin (8/14/20).
Sweet Indian Plantain - Hasteola suaveolens
Sweet Indian Plantain is a native perennial that grows grows from 3' to 5' tall (sometimes higher). Sweet Indian Plantain prefers wet locations like meadows and streambanks.
The cream/white cylindrical flowers appear in a flt top umbrel that might have 20 -40 flower heads.
Blooms from July through August.
Other Names: Hastate Indian-plantain, false Indian plantain, sweet scented Indian plantain
Latin: Hasteola: spear-shaped. Refers to Sweet Indian Plantain's spear-shaped leaves.
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain by Council Ring Spring. (8/13/20)
For more information on the Sweet Indian Plantain, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Sweet Indian Plantain.
Sweet Indian Plantain
Hasteola suaveolens
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain by Council Ring Spring and along Ho Nee Um Pond boardwalk in Madison, Wisconsin on August 15, 2020.
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain by Council Ring Spring and along Ho Nee Um Pond boardwalk in Madison, Wisconsin on August 13, 2020.
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain by Council Ring Spring and along Ho Nee Um Pond boardwalk in Madison, Wisconsin on August 12, 2020.
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain by Council Ring Spring and along Ho Nee Um boardwalk Pond in Madison, Wisconsin on August 11, 2020.
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain pear-shaped leaves by Council Ring Spring and along Ho Nee Um Pond boardwalk in Madison, Wisconsin on August 11, 2020.
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain spear-shaped leaves by Council Ring Spring and along Ho Nee Um Pond boardwalk in Madison, Wisconsin on August 12, 2020.
Above: Sweet Indian Plantain specimen collected in Richland County along railroad grade (now the Pine River Biking Hiking trail) on August 23, 2016.
Above: 1913 Sweet Indian Plantain illustration.
