Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Basionym : Polygonum viviparum L.
  • Synonym(s) : Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre
  • Common name : Alpine Bistort, Alpine Knotweed, Harerug
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Open slopes,damp places
  • Key identification features : Flowers pale pink to white, in a solitary slender spike, with the lower flowers usually replaced by brown or purple bulbils
  • Flower, Fruit : June-July
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Manali
    • Ladakh : Ladakh
  • Native : Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Islands, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Franc
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Islands, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, India, Bhutan Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Islands, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 345
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bistorta vivipara. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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