| Taxon | Plantago maritima |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Plantaginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | plantain; plantains |
| Genus common name(s) | plantago; rib-grass; rib grass; ribgrass; rib-wort; rib wort; ribwort |
| Species common name(s) | maritime plantain; seaside plantain; seaside-plantain; sea-side plantain; sea side plantain; European seaside plantain; sea plantain; sea kemp; goose-tongue plantain; goose tongue plantain; goosetongue plantain |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Pacific seaside plantain [var. juncoides]; rush-like maritime plantain [var. juncoides]; rush like maritime plantain [var. juncoides]; rush plantain [var. juncoides]; salt-marsh seaside plantain [var. juncoides]; saltmarsh seaside plantain [var. juncoides]; California goose tongue [var. californica]; Pacific seaside plantain [var. californica]; coastal bluff plantain [var. californica] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | alkali plantain, saltmarsh plantain, salt-marsh plantain, long-leafed plantain are applied to multiple Plantago taxa; plantain, goose tongue, goose-tongue, goosetongue, lamb's-tongue, lamb's tongue are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-wheat, Indian wheat, Indianwheat |
| Notes | Pacific is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. californica (Fernald) Pilg.; var. juncoides (Lam.) A. Gray |
