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Scientific or common name:

Polygonum bistortoides Pursh


POLYGONACEAE Family selection - Buckwheat family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Polygonum bistortoides Pursh Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 271. 1813 [Dec 1813]
Rank: species

pictures Images of Polygonum bistortoides


Common names

US name U.S. name: American bistort
en English name: American bistort
English name: smokeweed

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Bistorta bistortoides (Pursh) Small
= Persicaria bistortoides (Pursh) H. Hinds
= Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. linearifolium (S. Watson) Small
= Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. oblongifolium (Meisn.) H. St. John
= Polygonum cephalophorum Greene
= Polygonum glastifolium Greene
= Polygonum vulcanicum Greene


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. linearifolium (S. Watson) Small
2) Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. oblongifolium (Meisn.) H. St. John



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:


Page counter: 295 ( AVG: 222.3 / 291.376 )



Gallery:

Polygonum bistortoides
Polygonum bistortoides
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

Polygonum bistortoides
Polygonum bistortoides
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. - Not copyrighted image


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Distributional map for Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
Map for Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. linearifolium (S. Watson) Small [150]
2) Polygonum bistortoides Pursh var. oblongifolium (Meisn.) H. St. John [135]
3) Polygonum brasiliense K. Koch [132]
4) Polygonum buxifolium Nutt. ex Bong. [182]
5) Polygonum buxiforme Small var. montanum (Small) R.J. Davis [90]
6) Polygonum careyi Olney [325]
7) Polygonum chinense L. [314]
8) Polygonum coccineum Muhl. ex Willd. var. terrestre Willd. [88]
9) Polygonum densiflorum Meisn. [218]
10) Polygonum emaciatum A. Nelson [89]

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