Inflorescence; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 5/2012 © Julia Roeser
Flower; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 5/2012 © Julia Roeser
Identifier: 1949 Date of entry: 24.05.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Bogbean
German: Bitterklee, Fieberklee
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Solanales (101)
Family: Menyanthaceae (3)(family description)
Genus: Menyanthes (1)
Epithet: trifoliata L. (1)
trifoliata => three-leaved
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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