Bistorta officinalis, known as bistort, common bistort, European bistort, or meadow bistort, is a species of flowering plant in the dock family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and northern and western Asia. It is also known by other common names, including snakeroot, snake-root, snakeweed, and Easter-ledges. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Bistorta officinalis (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Polygonaceae, lead sentence (taxonomic placement), EntityId 372599, target T348283Quote, Child Taxon Of: Polygonaceae, lead sentence (taxonomic placement), EntityId 372599, target T348283
Polygonaceae :: Bistorta officinalis (synonym Persicaria bistorta), known as bistort, common bistort, European bistort, or meadow bistort, is a species of flowering plant in the dock family Polygonaceae native to Eur
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