Polygonaceae
Common bistort
Persicaria bistorta
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
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Common names
By language (49)
- Arabic
- أنارف, أنجبار مخزني, البطباط, بطباط إهليلجي, انارف, انجبار, عصا الراعي
- Armenian
- Մանդիկ մսագույն
- arz
- انجبار مخزنى
- Asturian
- Salgadina
- Azerbaijani
- İlanvari qırxbuğum
- ba
- Йылантамыр
- Belarusian
- Драсён змяіны, Атварачнік, Бабка, Багародзічнік, Венжоўнік, Вобарацень, Обер, Обярэк
- Bulgarian
- Обикновено кървавиче
- Catalan
- Bistorta
- Chinese
- 拳参, 椭圆叶蓼, 拳蔘, 橢圆葉蓼, 拳蓼, 拳參
- Czech
- Rdesno hadí kořen, Hadí kořen větší
- Danish
- Slangeurt
- Dutch
- Adderwortel, Hertstong met Bloemen, Longenkruid, Miltkruid, Naterwortel
- English
- Common bistort, Adderwort, Dragonwort, Easter giant, Easter ledger, Gentle dock, Meadow bistort, Osterick
- Esperanto
- Bistorto
- Estonian
- Ussitatar
- Finnish
- Isokonnantatar
- French
- Bistorte officinale, Renouée bistorte
- frr
- Kurnskraager
- Georgian
- Დვალურა
- German
- Schlangen-Wiesenknöterich, Schlangen-Knöterich, Lauchelchen, Schlangenwurz, Wiesen-Knöterich, Zahnbürste
- Greek
- Βιστόρτα
- gv
- Bossan ardnieu
- Hungarian
- Kígyógyökerű keserűfű
- Icelandic
- Slöngusúra
- Irish
- Stóinse
- Japanese
- イブキトラノオ
- Kazakh
- Жылантаран
- Korean
- 범꼬리
- ks
- مَشيٖن
- Latvian
- Zalkšu sūrene
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji gyvatžolė
- lzh
- 拳參
- Macedonian
- Лековита подворка, Обичен срченок
- Malayalam
- ബിസ്റ്റോർട്ട ഒഫിസിനാലിസ്
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ormrot
- os
- Сагалæг
- Persian
- پرسیکاریا بیسترتا, انجبار
- Polish
- Rdest wężownik
- Russian
- Змеевик большой, Горец змеиный, Раковые шейки
- Sindhi
- انجبار
- Slovak
- Hadovník väčší
- Slovenian
- Kačja dresen
- Spanish
- Romaza retorcida, Sierpe tendida, Suelda Colorada
- Swedish
- Stor ormrot
- Ukrainian
- Гірчак зміїний
- vep
- Künänikod
- Welsh
- Llysiau`r neidr, Llysiau‘r neidr
- Western Frisian
- Njirrewoartel
Synonyms
- Bistorta abbreviata Kom.
- Bistorta carnea (K.Koch) Kom.
- Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) V.V.Petrovsky, D.F.Murray & Elven
- Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev
- Bistorta lapidosa Kitag.
- Bistorta major Gray
- Bistorta major subsp. carnea (K.Koch) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. cordifolia (Turcz.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. ensigera (Juz.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Soják
- Bistorta major subsp. plumosa (Small) H.Hara
- Bistorta major var. ovata Nakai ex H.Hara
- Bistorta major var. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) H.Hara
- Bistorta nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kom.
- Bistorta officinalis Delarbre
- Bistorta officinalis subsp. japonica (H.Hara) Yonek.
- Bistorta officinalis subsp. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Yonek.
- Bistorta pacifica Kom.
- Bistorta pacifica f. velutina Kitag.
- Bistorta pacifica var. tomentella (Kom.) Tzvelev
- Bistorta plumosa (Small) Greene
- Bistorta subauriculata Kom.
- Bistorta vulgaris Hill
- Bistorta vulgaris var. nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Nakai
- Bistorta vulgaris var. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Miyabe
- Colubrina intorta Montandon
- Polygonum bistorta L.
- Polygonum bistorta subsp. plumosum (Small) Hultén
- Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum (Small) B.Boivin
- Polygonum lapidosum (Kitag.) Kitag.
- Polygonum plumosum Small
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,773 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
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Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.