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Menyanthes (trifoliata)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com
Family Scientific Name: Menyanthaceae
Family Common Name: Bog Bean family
Scientific Name: Menyanthes trifoliata L.
Common Name: Bog bean
Species Code: MENTRI
General Distribution: M. trifoliata is a circumboreal species occuring in marshes, fens and bogs throughout the northern hemisphere.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seed dormancy is morpho-physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds were cold stratified for an unspecified time period. Seeds were germinated at room temperature. Germination was greater in light than in dark.
References: Baskin C.C. and Baskin J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. 666p.
Hewettt. 1964. Bioloical flora of the British Isles: Menyanthes trifoliata J. Ecology 52-723-735.

Citation:

Baskin, Carol C.. 2003. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Menyanthes trifoliata L. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/02). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.