EPPO Global Database

Bistorta officinalis(POLBI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POLBI
  • Preferred name: Bistorta officinalis
  • Authority: Delarbre

Notes

Most of Europe (introduced in Nordic countries), Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, China, Japan, Korea. Medicinal plant. A subsp. pacifica exists in the Far East


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Persicaria bistorta (Linnaeus) Sampaio
Polygonum bistorta Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
adderswort English
bistort English
common bistort English (GB)
serpentory English
snakeroot English
Natternknöterich German
Natterwurz German
Schlangenknöterich German
Wiesenknöterich German
andrelles French
bistorte French
couleuvrée French
draconcule French
feuillote French
grande bistorte French
langue de boeuf French
persicaire French
renouée bistorte French
serpentaire French
bistorta Spanish
bistorta menor Spanish
polígono bistorta Spanish
suelda colorada Spanish
bistorta Italian
poligono bistorta Italian
poligono dei pascoli Italian
serpentina Italian
adderwortel Dutch
bistorta Portuguese
colubrina Portuguese
serpentária-vermelha Portuguese
stor ormrot Swedish
ibuki-tora-no-o Japanese
イブキトラノオ Japanese
горец змеиный Russian
змеевик Russian
раковые шейки Russian
slangeurt Danish
ormrot Norwegian
konnantatar Finnish
çimen eveleği Turkish
rdest wężownik Polish
kígyógyökerű keserűfű Hungarian
nejca e përdredhur Albanian
nejcë Albanian
bistorta Aragonese
обикновено кървавиче Bulgarian
bistorta Catalan
bistorta vera Catalan
quán cān Chinese
拳参 Chinese
livadni dvornik Croatian
rdesno hadí kořen Czech
ussitatar Estonian
slöngusúra Icelandic
zalkšu sūrene Latvian
rūgtis gyvatžolė Lithuanian
bestòrte Occitan
răculeț Romanian
увинути дворник Serbian
hadík koreň väčší Slovak
hadovník väčší Slovak
kačja dresen Slovene
гірчак зміїний Ukrainian
llysau'r neidr Welsh