Bistorta vacciniifolia

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]

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.

References
  1. "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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