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 abbreviataKom.
- Bistorta carnea(K.Koch) Kom.
- Bistorta elliptica(Willd. ex Spreng.) V.V.Petrovsky, D.F.Murray & Elven
- Bistorta ensigera(Juz.) Tzvelev
- Bistorta lapidosaKitag.
- Bistorta majorGray
- Bistorta major subsp. carnea(K.Koch) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. cordifolia(Turcz.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. elliptica(Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. ensigera(Juz.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. nitens(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. plumosa(Small) H.Hara
- Bistorta major var. ovataNakai ex H.Hara
- Bistorta major var. pacifica(Petrov ex Kom.) H.Hara
- Bistorta nitens(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kom.
- Bistorta officinalisDelarbre
- Bistorta officinalis subsp. japonica(H.Hara) Yonek.
- Bistorta officinalis subsp. pacifica(Petrov ex Kom.) Yonek.
- Bistorta pacificaKom.
- Bistorta pacifica f. velutinaKitag.
- Bistorta pacifica var. tomentella(Kom.) Tzvelev
- Bistorta plumosa(Small) Greene
- Bistorta subauriculataKom.
- Bistorta vulgarisHill
- Bistorta vulgaris var. nitens(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Nakai
- Bistorta vulgaris var. pacifica(Petrov ex Kom.) Miyabe
- Colubrina intortaMontandon
- Polygonum bistortaL.
- Polygonum bistorta subsp. plumosum(Small) Hultén
- Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum(Small) B.Boivin
- Polygonum lapidosum(Kitag.) Kitag.
- Polygonum plumosumSmall
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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