Bistorta officinalis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bistorta officinalis']

English: adderwort, common bistort, dragonwort, easter giant, easter ledger, gentle dock, osterick, oysterloit, passion dock, pink pokers, pudding grass, red legs, snakeweed, twice writhen, water ledges, Common Bistort^[1]
العربية: أنجبار مخزني
مصرى: انجبار مخزنى
asturianu: Polygonum bistorta
azərbaycanca: İlanvari qırxbuğum
башҡортса: Йылантамыр, Йылан тамыр
български: Обикновено кървавиче^[2]
català: Bistorta
čeština: Rdesno hadí kořen^[2]
Cymraeg: Llysiau'r neidr
dansk: Slangeurt
Deutsch: Schlangen-Wiesenknöterich, Lauchelchen, Schlangen-Knöterich, Schlangenwurz, Wiesen-Knöterich, Zahnbürste, Schlangen-Knöterich, Schlangen-Wiesenknöterich, Schlangenwurz
Esperanto: Bistorto^[2]
español: bistorta hembra, bistorta macho, bistorta menor, romaza retorcida, sierpe tendida, suelda Colorada, Bistorta^[2]
eesti: Ussitatar^[2]
فارسی: انجبار
suomi: Isokonnantatar, isokonnantatar
français: renouée bistorte
Nordfriisk: Kurnskraager
Gaelg: Bossan ardnieu
magyar: kígyógyökerű keserűfű
հայերեն: Մանդիկ մսագույն
íslenska: Slöngusúra
italiano: Bistorta, Poligono dei pascoli, Serpentina^[3]
日本語: イブキトラノオ^[2]
ქართული: დვალურა
қазақша: Жылантаран
한국어: 범꼬리
कॉशुर / کٲشُر: مَشيٖن
lietuvių: Paprastoji gyvatžolė^[2]
latviešu: Zalkšu sūrene
文言: 拳參
македонски: срченок
മലയാളം: ബിസ്റ്റോർട്ട ഒഫിസിനാലിസ്
norsk bokmål: ormrot
Nederlands: Addertong, Adderwortel, Bloedkruid, Hertstong met Bloemen, Longenkruid, Miltkruid, Naterwortel, Slangenwortel
ирон: Сагалæг
polski: Rdest Wężownik
Piemontèis: Polygonum bistorta
português: Polygonum bistorta, Bistorta, Colubrina, Serpentaria-vermelha^[3]
русский: Горец змеиный, Змеевик большой, Раковые шейки
سنڌي: انجبار
slovenčina: Hadovník väčší^[2]
slovenščina: kačja dresen^[3]
svenska: Stor Ormrot^[3]
українська: Гірчак зміїний
vepsän kel’: Künänikod
Tiếng Việt: Persicaria bistorta
中文: 椭圆叶蓼, 拳参, 拳蓼，刀剪药
中文（简体）: 拳参

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Ordo: Caryophyllales • Familia: Polygonaceae • Genus: Bistorta • Species: Bistorta officinalis Delabre

Synonyms

Bistorta major Gray
Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp. (1913)
Polygonum ampliusculum Gand.
Polygonum bistorta L. (1753)
Polygonum bistortoides Boiss. (1844)
Polygonum bourdinii Gand.
Polygonum carthusianorum Gand.
Polygonum ellipticum Willd. ex Spreng.
Polygonum lapidosum (Kitag.) Kitag. (1930)
Polygonum pilatense Gand.
Polygonum plumosum Small (1901)

Photos[edit]

Habitus[edit]

Japan

Stem and leaves[edit]

leaf upside down
Photo by Kristian Peters

Flowers[edit]

Polygonum bistorta 'Superba'
blossom
Photo by Kristian Peters
pollinated by Bombus sp.

Fruits and seeds[edit]

seeds

Botanical illustrations[edit]

Atlas des plantes de France (1891)
Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885)
Bistorta officinalis
(as syn.
Polygonum bistorta)
vol. 4 - plate 61 in:
Jacob Sturm:
Deutschlands Flora
in Abbildungen
(1796)
Flora Batava (1822)
Travniški drdrés. (Polýgonum Bistórta.) [sic!]
Illustration #451 in Martin Cilenšek Naše škodljive rastline, Celovec (1892)

References[edit]

↑ BSBI Database, entry for Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp., retrieved on 2009-01-02
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Wikipedia interwiki links, retrieved on 2009-01-04
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Polygonum bistorta L. at FloVegSi, retrieved on 2009-01-04

External links[edit]

Wikispecies has an entry on: Bistorta officinalis.

[bsbi-1] BSBI Database, entry for Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp., retrieved on 2009-01-02

[wikipedia-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Wikipedia interwiki links, retrieved on 2009-01-04

[FloVegSi-3] Polygonum bistorta L. at FloVegSi, retrieved on 2009-01-04

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