Menyanthes trifoliata Buckbean Bogbean Care Plant.
This plant, with its trifoliate leaves and large, attractive white hairy flowers, is common in acid bog pools and lake margins, from sea-level up to about 1600 ft (c.490 m) in the mountains.
Click here for photos of Menyanthes trifoliata. Menyanthes trifoliata L. Engl.: bogbean, buckbean, bean trefoil, bitterworm, bog hop, marsh clover, marsh trefoil.
Menyanthes. Menyanthes trifoliata L. Menyanthes trifoliata L. is an accepted name This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Menyanthes (family Menyanthaceae). The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 145 1753.
Menyanthes trifoliata: Source: Menyanthaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011) Acquired: 2011: Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010) Reference for: Menyanthes trifoliata: Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0) Acquired.
Click here to be notified by email when Menyanthes trifoliata - Bog Bean becomes available. Share Share on Facebook Tweet Tweet on Twitter. Approximate height: 20cm (8 inches) Recommended water depth over crown of plant: 0 - 10cm (0 - 4 inches) Flowering time: May - June; Flower colour: White; Supplied in the 9cm pot we grow them in - for best results we recommend potting on using a 2 litre.
Menyanthes; Menyanthes trifoliata; Digitised Reference Slides. We currently have 2 digitised slides. Each record may contain multiple individual grains and images. Distribution Recent Palaeo Bogbean. Bogbean is a perennial plant, that flowers from May to July (6). The flowers are pollinated by various insects (2). Both the leaves and the root have a bitter taste, and were once used to treat.
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