Summary ⁷

Persicaria bistorta (bistort, common bistort) is a species of flowering plant native to Europe and north and west Asia. The generic placement of this species is in flux. While treated here in Persicaria, it has also been placed in Polygonum or Bistorta.

National distribution ⁸

Canada

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Dean Morley, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/33465428@N02/5696749369/
2. (c) Franz Xaver, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Persicaria_bistorta_1.jpg/460px-Persicaria_bistorta_1.jpg
3. (c) Sten Porse, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Bistorta-officinale-total.JPG
4. (c) Jerzy Opioła, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Polygonum_bistorta_a3.jpg/460px-Polygonum_bistorta_a3.jpg
5. George Dvorsky, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/87572.jpg
6. (c) SehLax, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Vessertal_wiesenknoeterich.jpg/460px-Vessertal_wiesenknoeterich.jpg
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persicaria_bistorta
8. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/31631702

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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