Persicaria bistorta
Red Bistort
Persicaria amplexicaulis
(D.Don) Ronse Decr. Species
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- Botanical name
- Persicaria amplexicaulis
- Also known as
- Red Bistort
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Red Bistort
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Persicaria amplexicaulis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Bistorta amplexicaulis
Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinensis
Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinomontana
Bistorta amplexicaulis var. alba
Bistorta amplexicaulis var. amplexicaulis
Bistorta amplexicaulis var. dhorpatanensis
Bistorta amplexicaulis var. pendula
Bistorta henryi
Bistorta oxyphylla
Bistorta petiolata
Bistorta sinomontana
Bistorta sinomontana var. pubifolia
Bistorta speciosa
Polygonum amplexicaule
Others in Persicaria
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