Common Name -  Buckbean
	Scientific Name - Menyanthes trifoliata
	Family Name -  Gentian (Gentianaceae)
Season	Spring perennial.
Habitat	Northern bogs and wet swampy areas.
Flower	White, regular, with 5 petals, petals covered with curved hairs, flower cluster elongated at the top of a long stem..
Leaves	Basal, divided with 3 leaflets, leaflets entire, oval and shiny.
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