Adderwort
ബിസ്റ്റോർട്ട ഒഫിസിനാലിസ്
Bistorta officinalis Delarbre
- light
- —
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 50 cm
- wide
- 89 cm
Polygonaceae
Also called Common bistort, Dragonwort, Easter giant, Easter ledger, Gentle dock
Formerly Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Eurasia, MoroccoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 20 cm to 79 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 89 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Zahnbürste, Lauchelchen, Schlangen-Knöterich
- Chinese
- 拳参, 椭圆叶蓼
- Arabic
- أنجبار مخزني
- Azerbaijani
- İlanvari qırxbuğum
- Bashkir
- Йылантамыр
- Bulgarian
- Обикновено кървавиче
- Czech
- rdesno hadí kořen
- Danish
- Slangeurt
- Esperanto
- Bistorto
- Spanish
- bistorta hembra, bistorta macho, bistorta menor
- Estonian
- Ussitatar
- Persian
- انجبار
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Bistorta officinalis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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