| Family | MENYANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Menyanthes trifoliata L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 145 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Description | petioles at base vaginate-dilate, leaves obovate oblong, obtuse, flowers in long pedunculate, axillary raceme, corolla lobes triangular, ciliate, inside long barbate |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Menyanthes americana Sweet Menyanthes latifolia Raf. Menyanthes palustris S.F.Gray Menyanthes paradoxa Fr. Menyanthes tridentata Raf. Menyanthes trifoliata f. brevistyla Aver. Manyanthes trifoliata f. macrophylla Bolzon Menyanthes trifoliata f. microphylla Bolzon Menyanthes trifoliata var. minor Fernald Menyanthes trifoliata var. paradoxa Fr. Menyanthes trifoliata ssp. verna (Raf.) Gervais & M.Parent Menyanthes trifolum Neck. Menyanthes verna Raf. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (VER Vermont) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |