Bistorta officinalis Delarbre (syn. Polygonum bistorta L.)

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Taxonomy: Fam. Polygonaceae// Genus: Bistorta// Species: Bistorta officinalis Delarbre.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Webb and Chater in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1995) as Polygonum bistorta L., Sp. Pl. 360 (1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Uotila, 2017+) is Bistorta officinalis Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 516. 1800 (Loisel.) Thell.

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia and Morocco according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Wet and damp habitats – near and on the edges of mountain streams, sphagnum bogs starting at c. 1450 m altitude above.

Flowering period:  Summer: JUN, JUL.

Bistorta officinalis – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – upper part of stem with upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – upper cauline leaf and ochrea. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – stems with middle cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – middle cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – lover cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – lover cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – ochrea. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – ochrea. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bistorta officinalis – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Bistorta officinalis Delarbre. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60430545-2 [Accessed 03.07.2023].

Bistorta officinalis. Uotila, P. (2017+): Polygonaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f113816a-68da-491d-92bd-255b39620d21 [Accessed 03.07.2023].

Polygonum L. Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts,pp. 438 – 449.

Polygonum L. Webb, D.A. and Chater, A.O. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 76 – 80.