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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Menyanthes trifoliata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Buckbean at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_metr3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_metr3_006_lvd
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p066
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p125
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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