Menyanthaceae
Buckbean
Menyanthes trifoliata
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Genus
- Menyanthes
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Common names
By language (58)
- Arabic
- أطريفل الماء, برسيم الماء, فِصَة الماء, مائي ثلاثي الورق, مائي نفلي, نفل الماء
- Armenian
- Ջրառվույտ
- arz
- اطريفل الماء
- Asturian
- Trébole d'agua
- azb
- سۇ یونجاسی
- Azerbaijani
- Üçyarpaq suyoncası
- ba
- Вахта үләне
- Belarusian
- Бабок, Бабок трылісьцёвы
- Bulgarian
- Горчивче, Водна детелина
- Catalan
- Trèvol d'aigua, Meniant, Trifli lluent, Trèvol lluent
- Chinese
- 睡菜
- Croatian
- Trolistica
- csb
- Kukówczëna kapùsta
- cv
- Тĕкĕрчен
- Czech
- Vachta trojlistá, Vachta, Vachta třílistá
- Danish
- Almindelig Bukkeblad, Bukkeblad
- Dutch
- Waterdrieblad
- English
- Buckbean, Bogbean
- Estonian
- Ubaleht, Harilik ubaleht
- Faroese
- Tríblaðað bukkablað
- Finnish
- Raate
- French
- Trèfle d’Eau, Trèfle d'eau, Trèfle deau, Menyanthe, Ményanthe, Trefle d’eau
- Georgian
- Წყლის სამყურა
- German
- Fieberklee, Bitterklee, Menyanthus trifoliata, Sumpfklee
- hsb
- Třiłopješkaty kózlik, Hórki dźećel, Kózlik
- Hungarian
- Vidrafű, Hármaslevelű vidrafű
- Icelandic
- Horblaðka
- Irish
- Báchrán
- Italian
- Trifoglio d'acqua
- Japanese
- ミツガシワ, ミツガシワ属, 三槲睡菜
- Kazakh
- Субеде
- Korean
- 조름나물
- kw
- Teyrdelen an kors
- Latvian
- Trejlapu puplaksis
- Lithuanian
- Trilapis puplaiškis, Pupalaiškis, Puplaiškis
- lzh
- 睡菜
- Macedonian
- Водна детелина, Блатна детелина, Горчлива детелина,
- myv
- Панжозь цеця
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bukkeblad, Menyanthes
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bukkeblad
- Persian
- منیانتس
- Polish
- Bobrek trójlistkowy, Bobrek, Bobrek trójlistny
- Russian
- Вахта, Вахта трехлистная, Вахта трёхлистная, Трилистник, Трилистник водяной, Трифоль
- sah
- Кус олоҕо
- se
- Muošká, Muoskkáš, Muoškkáš, Njuohcu
- Serbian
- Горчица
- sgs
- Poplaiškė
- Slovak
- Vachta trojlistá
- Slovenian
- Navadni mrzličnik, Grenka deteljica
- smn
- Muáskâš
- sms
- Muâckač
- Spanish
- Menianto
- Swedish
- Vattenklöver
- Tatar
- Кондыз үләне
- Turkish
- Su yoncası, Acı yonca, Acıtırfıl, Ateş yoncası
- Ukrainian
- Бобівник трилистий, Вахта трилиста
- vep
- Vehk
- Welsh
- Ffeuen y gors
Synonyms
- Menyanthes americana Sweet
- Menyanthes latifolia Raf.
- Menyanthes palustris Gray
- Menyanthes paradoxa Fr.
- Menyanthes tridentata Raf.
- Menyanthes trifoliata f. brevistyla Aver.
- Menyanthes trifoliata f. macrophylla Bolzon
- Menyanthes trifoliata f. microphylla Bolzon
- Menyanthes trifoliata subsp. verna (Raf.) Gervais & M.Parent
- Menyanthes trifoliata var. minor Fernald
- Menyanthes trifoliata var. paradoxa Fr.
- Menyanthes trifoliata var. trifoliata
- Menyanthes trifolium Neck.
- Menyanthes verna Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 3,973 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Samuelle Simard-Provençal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ruebezahl, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Reuven Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.