Plantago rugelii is an edible species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae.

Extract from the roots of this plant have been shown to inhibit the hatching of nematodes.

[3] It produces a basal rosette of wide oval leaves with longitudinal veining and a somewhat waxy texture.

Plantago major is very similar, but it lacks the red tinge on the petioles and its leaves are darker and waxier.

[4] Plantago rugelii was named and described by the French botanist Joseph Decaisne in 1852.