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Menyanthes trifoliata
An aquatic plant with unique star-shaped white flowers. The flowers are fringed with white hair-like structures. which aid in both attracting pollinators and collecting pollen.
In a small lake inside forest.
Norwegian name: Bukkeblad
Spotted on Jun 6, 2023
Submitted on Jun 11, 2023
3 Comments
Thank you, PN is a great forum to learn new things.so nice that this is a medicinal plant.
Thank you SukanyaDatta for your comment. What I know about this plant is that way back in time it was used for people with digestive problems. Stomach problems in some farm animals such as cows, sheep and goats have been treated with extracts from it.
Lovely flower.
It is so similar to the snake gourd flower: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20...
I have never seen the species you have posted and in case, you have not seen snakegourds or flowers...this is an edible vegetable. I used to plant one or two sometimes....you need to tie a stone to the end of the snakegourd so that it grows straight!!