ON THIS PLANT
Menyanthes is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae containing the single species Menyanthes trifoliata. The North American form is often referred to as M. trifoliata var. minor Michx. It is known in English by the common names bogbean and buckbean.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Menyanthes
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-10
- Mature Height
- 15 cm to 46 cm
- Mature Spread
- 1.22 m
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm to 5.08 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Summer
- Native Area
- Turkey, Sweden, India, Austria, Slovakia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Morocco, Croatia, Belarus, Russia, Germany, Iceland, Estonia, Koppen, Romania, Latvia, South Korea, Belgium, Portugal, Nepal, Netherlands, France, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Poland, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, China, Lithuania, Norway, Afghanistan, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Japan, Mongolia, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Azerbaijan
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Bogbean en Bog-myrtle en Marsh trefoil en Marsh-clover en Water trefoil en Buckbean en Common Bogbean en Muáskâš en Muâckač en Bog Buckbean
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