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Plants BismarckiaBitter aloe

Polygonum bistorta (L)
Synonyms: great bistort, adderwort, English serpentary, snakeweed, snake root, dragonwort, osterick, oderwort, Easter mangiant, twice writhen, patience dock, sweet dock, red legs
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Bistorta vivipara. Synonym: Polygonum viviparum. (Alpine Bistort)
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) ...

Bistort, Adder-Wort, Common Bistort, Dragonwort, Easter Ledges, Snake Root, Snake Weed, Snakeweed
Common Names in Estonian:
Ussitatar ...

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' (Bistort, Mountain fleece)
Persicaria amplexicaulis Photo/Illustration: Steve Silk
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Polygonum bistortoides Pursh - American bistort
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Polygonum Affine ...

Polygonum bistortoides. American Bistort.
Oxyria digyna. Mountain Sorrel. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Botany in a Day ...

Bistorta - Polygonum bistorta
Bistorta del Japón - Polygonum cuspidatum
Biznaga - Ammi visnaga
Blanquilla - Anthyllis cytisoides
Bledos molles - Atriplex hortense
Blenera - Phlomis lychnitis
Bobo - Nicotiana glauca
Boboró - Rauwolfia serpentina ...

Beech, Beet, Beggar Ticks, Bell Heather, Bermuda Buttercup, Bermuda Grass, Berry Catchfly, Betony, Bilberry, Bird Cherry, Bird-in-a-Bush, Bird's-Eye Primrose, Bird's-foot, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Birdsfoot Sedge, Birdsnest Orchid, Birthwort, Bistort, ...

Polygonum amphibium (Amphibious Bistort, Willow Grass)
Polygonum aubertii (Chinese Fleecevine)
Polygonum baldschuanicum (Bukhara Fleeceflower)
Polygonum bistorta (Snakeweed)
Polygonum capitatum (Pinkhead Smartweed)
Polygonum cuspidatum var. compactum ...

Common names: Knotweed, snake root, fleeceflower and bistort.
History: 'Superba' is derived from the more common Bistort, a native of Britain. The perennial plant of the buckwheat family was found in Britain.

Don, Bistorta affinis (D.Don) Greene, Polygonum brunonis Wall.
Conservation Status: Not evaluated according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Habitat: Rocky mountainsides, screes, glacial moraines, alpine pastures, wet meadows and river banks.

Persicaria polymorpha, Syns: Bistorta polymorpha, Polygonum polymorpha
Common Name:
Giant Fleeceflower, White Fleece Flower, White Dragon
Hardiness Zone: ...

A continental recipe for an astringent decoction is equal parts of Tormentilla, Bistort and Pomegranate.
Dr. Thornton declared that in fluxes of blood, 1 drachm of Tormentil given four times a day in an infusion of Hops did wonders.

They can be mixed with the leaves of Polygonum bistorta and Polygonum persicaria then used in making a bitter herb pudding called 'Easter ledger' which is eaten during Lent[177, 183]. Root - cooked. An astringent taste[4].

Geranium
Hypericum calycinum
Juniperus communis, J. regida subsp. conferta, J. horizontalis
Lamium galeobdolon
Persicaria affinis, P. bistorta, P. vacciniifolia AGM
Rubus pentalobus
Vinca major, V. minor ...

See also: May, Green, Pink, Rose, Knotweed

Plants BismarckiaBitter aloe

 
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