It is the name of several medicinal plants in the plantginaceae family. It is another common name given to plants called llantén or plántago. It receives many other common names, such as: canary, ballico, reed, five veins, gitanilla, hare ear. The scientific name of the most common is Plantago major and belongs to the family Plantaginaceae. Llantenes, lantenes, reeds, gypsies.