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Many of us older gardeners referred to them as plantain lilies because their broad leaves resemble a common weed (or herb depending on one’s perspective), plantain.—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024 Hummingbirds slid their noses into plantain lily hostas and delicate stems of purpletop vervain.—Betsy Vereckey, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
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