Bistorta vacciniifolia

Bistorta vacciniifolia
	In bloom
	Mass effect
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Bistorta
Species:	B. vacciniifolia
Binomial name
	Bistorta vacciniifolia; (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene
Synonyms
	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 edit

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

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[693242-1-1] "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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