Category: Bistorta

Bistorta rubra K. Yonekura & H. Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 74: 338 (1999); . Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Crimson Knotweed . Polygonaceae Fortnight: Persicaria sp. for ID from Chopta Uttarakhandr-GSMAY47 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Persicaria sp. photographed from near Chopta in Uttarakhand. Looks like P. capitata but leaves […]

Bistorta macrophylla (D.Don) Soják, Preslia 46: 152 1974. (Syn: (=) Bistorta sphaerostachya (Meisn.) Greene; (≡) Polygonum macrophyllum D. Don (basionym); (=) Polygonum sphaerostachyum Meisn.); . Himalaya to Central China and N. Myanmar: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Large-Leaf Knotweed, Red Knotweed • Nepali: मोन्जा […]

Bistorta emodi (Meisn.) H. Hara, Fl. E. Himalaya 1:69. 1966 (syn: Persicaria emodi (Meisn.) Cubey; Polygonum emodi Meisn.); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Assam: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Snow Knotweed, Himalayan Knotweed . Bistorta emodi from Tisri in Chor at 3200m : 3 posts by 3 […]

Bistorta perpusilla (Hook.f.) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 1905. (Syn: Polygonum perpusillum Hook. f.); . East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Tiny Knotweed .   Polygonaceae Fortnight polygonum perpusillum from Rohtang Pass ,Kullu Dist, HP : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Shot from Rohtang zero Point […]

Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene, Leafl. bot. observ. 1:21. 1904 (Syn: (≡) Persicaria vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Ronse Decr.; (≡) Polygonum vacciniifolium Wall. ex Meisn. (basionym)); . Himalaya to Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Rose Carpet Knotweed • Nepali: पुलुंगे झाड़ Pulunge jhaar . VoF Week: 14092012 BS […]

Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne ed. 2, 2:516. 1800 (Syn: (≡) Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr.; (≡) Polygonum viviparum L. (basionym)) as per GRIN; . Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 368 1988. (Syn: Bistorta americana Raf.; Bistorta insularis (Maximova) Soják; Bistorta macounii (Small) Greene; Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre; Bistorta […]

Bistorta officinalis Raf., Fl. Auvergne ed. 2, 2: 516 1800. (Syn: Bistorta abbreviata Kom.; Bistorta confusa (Meisn.) Greene; Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev; Bistorta lapidosa Kitag.; Bistorta major Gray; Bistorta major subsp. cordifolia (Turcz.) Soják; Bistorta major subsp. ensigera (Juz.) Soják; Bistorta major var. japonica H.Hara; Bistorta officinalis subsp. japonica (H.Hara) Yonek.; Bistorta paleacea Yonek. & H.Ohashi; Bistorta subauriculata Kom.; Polygonum abbreviatum Kom.; Polygonum alopecuroides subsp. subauriculatum […]

Bistorta affinis (D. Don) Greene, Leafl. bot. observ. 1:21. 1904 (Synonym: Persicaria affinis (D.Don) Ronse Decr.; Polygonum affine D.Don; Polygonum brunonis Wall. ex Meisn.; Polygonum donianum Spreng.); . Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Himalayan Fleeceflower, Himalayan knotweed ; . Perennial plant with woody rootstock clothed with old stipules, and procumbent tufted […]

Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don) Greene, Leafl. bot. observ. 1:21. 1904 (Syn: (≡) Persicaria amplexicaulis (D. Don) Ronse Decr.; (≡) Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don (basionym); (=) Polygonum amplexicaule var. speciosum Hook. f.) as per GRIN; . Persicaria amplexicaulis (D.Don) Ronse Decr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 368 1988. (Syn: Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Greene; Bistorta amplexicaulis var. alba […]