Bogbean - Menyanthes trifoliata
Description
Almost hairless aquatic or semi aquatic plant reaching to 30 cm, and with stout creeping runners. Leaves trifoliate, with oval or diamond shaped untoothed leaflets held above water on long stalks. Flowers pink outside, whitish inside 14 to 16 mm starry shaped, the petals fringed with long whitish hairs. Borne in long racemes.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Shallow water or semi-aquatic in fens and bogs.
When to see it
April to June.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Widespread but not very common in Britain.
VC55 Status
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 3 of the 617 tetrads.
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