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Menyanthes trifoliata
Bogbean · Bog-myrtle · Marsh trefoil · Marsh-clover · Water trefoil
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
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Hardiness
Zone 3–10
Click count
102
Observations
1,552
Description
Source: leafsnapMenyanthes 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.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 0–35°C
Ideal temperature: 0–35°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- 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
Tags (5)
Common Names (10)
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