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Bistorta officinalis. Bistorta officinalis (synonym Persicaria bistorta), known as bistort, common bistort, European bistort, or meadow bistort, is a species of flowering plant in the dock family Polygonaceae native to Europe and northern and western Asia. [1] Other common names include snakeroot, snake-root, snakeweed, and Easter-ledges.
Bistorta bistortoides plants generally grow to 10–51 centimetres (4–20 inches) tall. [2] Individuals growing above 2,250 metres (7,380 feet) are smaller, seldom reaching more than 30 cm (12 in) in height. The leaves are leathery and 2.5–10 cm (1–4 in) long, [2] being mostly basal on the stem.
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).
Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds [ 2 ] : 436 or smartweeds . [ 3 ] It has a cosmopolitan distribution , with species occurring nearly worldwide.
Bistorta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. As of February 2019 [update] about 40 species are accepted. It has been supported as a separate clade by molecular phylogenetic analysis. [ 2 ]
The native plants of the San Francisco Bay Area are not always typical of other regions of California, and some species are endemic. This list covers the flowers of the Bay Area one is most likely to see within its nine counties. It starts with flowers that are (a) common and/or (b) already have an article in Wikipedia.
Bistorta vacciniifolia, the whortleberry-leaved knotweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Tibet and the Himalaya. [1] Well-suited for clay soils, as its synonym Persicaria vacciniifolia it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit .
Bistorta vivipara (synonym Persicaria vivipara) is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the knotweed and buckwheat family Polygonaceae, commonly known as alpine bistort. Scientific synonyms include Bistorta vivipara and Polygonum viviparum .