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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Menyanthes trifoliata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Menyanthes trifoliata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Menyanthes trifoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Menyanthes trifoliata

 

COMMON NAME:
Buckbean, Bogbean


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image of Menyanthes trifoliata, Buckbean, Bogbean

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_metr3_001_lvd

        

image of Menyanthes trifoliata, Buckbean, Bogbean

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_metr3_006_lvd

        

image of Menyanthes trifoliata, Buckbean, Bogbean

Alan S. Weakley    asw_770260681333505

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Flower somewhat bell-shaped, about 1/2" wide, its 5 flaring lobes with long white hairs, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Menyanthes trifoliata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Menyanthes trifoliata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Menyanthes trifoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Menyanthes trifoliata

 

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3306

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mucky soils of mountain fens at high elevations over amphibolite (in the Blue Ridge), boggy marshes over calcareous rocks (in the Ridge and Valley), seepage swamps (in the Coastal Plain), per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly basal
Leaves have long petioles.
Margins entire

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate corolla

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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