Persicaria bistorta
A species in the Polygonaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
- Species
- Persicaria bistorta
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1913
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Persicaria bistorta. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
32 synonyms in this snapshot
- Bistorta abbreviataName author: Kom.
- Bistorta carneaName author: (K.Koch) Kom.
- Bistorta ellipticaName author: (Willd. ex Spreng.) V.V.Petrovsky, D.F.Murray & Elven
- Bistorta ensigeraName author: (Juz.) Tzvelev
- Bistorta lapidosaName author: Kitag.
- Bistorta majorName author: Gray
- Bistorta major subsp. carneaName author: (K.Koch) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. cordifoliaName author: (Turcz.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. ellipticaName author: (Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. ensigeraName author: (Juz.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. nitensName author: (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. plumosaName author: (Small) H.Hara
- Bistorta major var. ovataName author: Nakai ex H.Hara
- Bistorta major var. pacificaName author: (Petrov ex Kom.) H.Hara
- Bistorta nitensName author: (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kom.
- Bistorta officinalisName author: Delarbre
- Bistorta officinalis subsp. japonicaName author: (H.Hara) Yonek.
- Bistorta officinalis subsp. pacificaName author: (Petrov ex Kom.) Yonek.
- Bistorta pacificaName author: Kom.
- Bistorta pacifica f. velutinaName author: Kitag.
- Bistorta pacifica var. tomentellaName author: (Kom.) Tzvelev
- Bistorta plumosaName author: (Small) Greene
- Bistorta subauriculataName author: Kom.
- Bistorta vulgarisName author: Hill
- Bistorta vulgaris var. nitensName author: (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Nakai
- Bistorta vulgaris var. pacificaName author: (Petrov ex Kom.) Miyabe
- Colubrina intortaName author: Montandon
- Polygonum bistortaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Polygonum bistorta subsp. plumosumName author: (Small) Hultén
- Polygonum bistorta var. plumosumName author: (Small) B.Boivin
- Polygonum lapidosumName author: (Kitag.) Kitag.
- Polygonum plumosumName author: Small
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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