Bogbean

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Western Isles Wildflowers

Western Isles wildflowers is a collection of information about our Hebridean wildflowers including identification hints, traditional herbal uses and general plant lore.

Menyanthes trifoliata

Gaelic name: Trì-bhileach, Pònair Chapaill

Wildflower - Bogbean

Bogbean is an aquatic plant with large leaves like those of a broad-bean plant.
Both leaves and flowers are held above the water.

This plant is common in watery bogs and shallow inland lochs, turning vast areas pink-white with it's star-like flowers in the early spring.

Traditional Uses

The root of bogbean has been used locally as part of a preparation for Psoriasis, a chronic ( long - lasting ) skin disease characterized by scaling and inflammation.

In South Uist a decoction made from dried bogbean was used taken first thing in the morning to treat headaches.

Uig - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) 4th June, 2006
(In full flower on 10th June, 2006)

Detail Photography © Kim Park

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