Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene is a plant in the Polygonaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene

Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene

Bistorta vacciniifolia is a clay-tolerant flowering plant from Tibet and the Himalaya that holds a garden merit award.

Family
Genus
Bistorta
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene

Bistorta vacciniifolia, commonly known as whortleberry-leaved knotweed, is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Polygonaceae. It is native to Tibet and the Himalaya. This species grows well in clay soils. It has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit under its synonym Persicaria vacciniifolia.

Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jagdish Singh Negi · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Polygonaceae Bistorta

More from Polygonaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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