Buck's-Horn Plantain  

A variable plant which can range from being an annual, biennial to perennial weed of some turf areas, preferring sandy dry soils, often by the coast. It has narrow toothed, single-veined, leaves with them being lightly hairy and greyish green in colour. It lies close to the ground, especially under mowing conditions and juvenile plants can often be found in coastal golf and bowling greens, as well as more mature plants in golf fairways. The plant can adapt well to growing in compacted soils. It flowers from May to September. The flowering stalk might extend to 20cm where fully developed, with the flowering spike being from 5mm in size when in mown turf up to 40mm where infrequently mown. Its scientific name is Plantago coronopus. It is also called Starweed.