Buckbean

Buckbean
By Lou Paun
Buckbean (Menyanthes) - M. trifoliata is a beautiful and fragrant native of Britain, found in shallow streams or pools, in very wet marshy ground, and in bogs; its strong creeping, rooting stems often floating in deeper water.

Buckbean
Menyanthes trifoliata
The petals have small hairs, making the flowers look fuzzy.

Buckbean
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Menyanthes trifoliata (Buckbean)
Menyanthaceae (Buckbean Family)
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Buckbean [English]: Menyanthes trifoliata
Buckbean [English]: Menyanthes trifoliata f. brevistyla
Buckbrush [English]: Ceanothus cuneatus
Buckbrush [English]: Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus
Buckbrush [English]: Ceanothus cuneatus var.

The following formula has also become popular in herbal medicine: Take 1/2 oz. each of Prickly Ash Bark, Guaiacum Raspings and Buckbean Herb, with 6 Cayenne Pods. Boil in 1 1/2 pint of water down to 1 pint .

Frank has claimed to have found oats, buckbeans, spurry, turnips, mustard, potatoes and Norway maples exercising it; Nobbe and others have imputed its possession to Elaeagnus.

See also: May, Medic, Green, Ivy, Ash