Bistorta officinalis

Bistorta officinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Bistorta
Species:
B. officinalis
Binomial name
Bistorta officinalis
Delarbre
Synonyms
  • Bistorta abbreviata Kom.
  • Bistorta carnea (K.Koch) Kom. ex Tzvelev
  • Bistorta confusa (Meisn.) Greene
  • Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev
  • Bistorta lapidosa Kitag.
  • Bistorta major Gray
  • Bistorta subauriculata Kom.
  • Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.
  • Polygonum abbreviatum Kom.
  • Polygonum bistorta L.
  • Polygonum carneum K.Koch
  • Polygonum confusum Meisn.
  • Polygonum ensigerum Juz.
  • Polygonum lapidosum (Kitag.) Kitag.

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. Other common names include snakeroot, snake-root, snakeweed, and Easter-ledges.

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