Polygonaceae
Alpine bistort
Persicaria vivipara
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 珠芽蓼, 珠芽寥, 珠芽拳参, 蝎子七
- English
- Alpine bistort
- Estonian
- Pung-kirburohi
- Finnish
- Nurmikonnantatar
- Slovenian
- Živorodna dresen
- Welsh
- Canwraidd y mynydd
Synonyms
- Bistorta americana Raf.
- Bistorta insularis (Maximova) Soják
- Bistorta macounii (Small ex Macoun) Greene
- Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre
- Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray
- Bistorta vivipara f. ramosa Nakai
- Bistorta vivipara subsp. fugax (Small) Soják
- Bistorta vivipara subsp. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Soják
- Bistorta vivipara var. roessleri (Beck) F.Maek.
- Colubrina vivipara (L.) Montandon
- Polygonum macounii Small ex Macoun
- Polygonum viviparum L.
- Polygonum viviparum var. macounii (Small ex J.M.Macoun) Hultén
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 1,243 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.