Bistorta vivipara

Alpine bistort
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Bistorta
Species:	B. vivipara
Binomial name
	Bistorta vivipara; (L.) Delarbre
Synonyms
	Bistorta americana Raf. ; Bistorta bulbifera (Royle ex Bab.) Greene ; Bistorta insularis Soják ; Bistorta littoralis Greene ; Bistorta macounii (Small ex Macoun) Greene ; Bistorta ophioglossa Greene ; Bistorta scopulina Greene ; Persicaria americana (Meisn.) Ohki ; Persicaria vivipara L.) Ronse Decr. ; Polygonum bulbiferum Royle ex Bab. ; Polygonum fugax Small ; Polygonum littorale (Greene) Fedde ; Polygonum macounii Small ex Macoun ; Polygonum sagittatum var. americanum Meisn. ; Polygonum scopulinum (Greene) Fedde ; Polygonum viviparum L. ;

Bistorta vivipara (synonym Persicaria vivipara) is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the knotweed and buckwheat family Polygonaceae, commonly known as alpine bistort. Scientific synonyms include Bistorta vivipara and Polygonum viviparum. It is common all over the high Arctic through Europe, North America, incl. Greenland, and temperate and tropical Asia. Its range stretches further south in high mountainous areas such as the Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Caucasus, Alaska and the Tibetan Plateau.

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