Bistorta vacciniifolia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Bistorta
Species:
B. vacciniifolia
Binomial name
Bistorta vacciniifolia
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Persicaria vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Ronse Decr.
    • Polygonum vacciniifolium Wall. ex Meisn.
    • Polygonum vacciniifolium var. flagelliforme Meisn.
    • Polygonum vacciniifolium var. medium Meisn.
    • Polygonum vacciniifolium var. obtusifolium Meisn.

Bistorta vacciniifolia, the whortleberry-leaved knotweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Tibet and the Himalaya.[1] Well-suited for clay soils, as its synonym Persicaria vacciniifolia it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Clay soils: plants for". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Persicaria vacciniifolia whortleberry-leaved knotweed". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.


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