Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Menyanthes trifoliata L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Menyanthes trifoliata L. var. minor Raf., Menyanthes verna (Raf.)

Common names:

American buckbean (1828) (7)

Bachsbohne (1892, German) (6)

Bean trefoil (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Bieberklee (1900, German) (158)

Bitter trefoil (1876-1913) (5, 92, 158)

Bitterklee (1892, German) (6, 158)

Bitter-root [Bitter root] (1828-1892) (6, 7)

Bitter-worm [Bitter worm] (1876-1913) (5, 92, 158)

Bitterwort (1923) (156)

Bogbean [Bog bean, Bog bean] (1892-1949) (5, 6, 49, 92, 109, 131, 156, 158)

Boghop [Bog hop] (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Bog-myrtle [Bog myrtle] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Bognut [Bog nut, Bog-nut] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Brookbean [Brook bean, Brook-bean] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Buckbean [Buck bean, Buck-bean] (1892-Present) (1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 19, 49, 50, 57, 63, 72, 93, 109, 131, 148, 156, 158)

Common bogbean (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Dreiblatt (1900, German) (158)

Fieberklee (1892-1900, German) (6, 158)

Marsh clover (1892-1923) (5, 6, 92, 156, 158)

Marsh trefoil (1818-1923) (5, 6, 7, 10, 49, 77, 92, 107, 156, 158)

Menyanthe (1900, French) (158)

Menyanthe trefle (1892, French) (6)

Menyanthe trefle d'eau (1828, French) (7)

Menyanthes (1917) (57)

Moonflower [Moon flower, Moon-flower] (1876-1913, misapplied) (5, 92, 158)

Moor-flower (1923) (156)

Trébal acuatico (1900, Spanish) (158)

Trefle d'eau (1892-1900, French) (6, 158)

Wasserklee (1900, German) (158)

Water shamrock (1828-1923) (5, 6, 7, 57, 92, 156, 158)

Water trefoil (1898-1923) (5, 49, 156, 158)