View source for Bistorta plumosa

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Bistorta plumosa
|accepted_authority=(Small) Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|place=1: 18. 1904
|year=1904
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polygonum plumosum
|authority=Small
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Bistorta major subsp. plumosum
|authority=(Small) H. Hara
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polygonum bistorta subsp. plumosum
|authority=(Small) Hultén
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum
|authority=(Small) B. Boivin
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Bistorta;Bistorta plumosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bistorta]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Bistorta plumosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 594
|treatment_page=page 596
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(8–)10–40(–50) cm; rhizomes contorted. <b>Stems</b> 1(–2). <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea brown, cylindric, 5–40 mm, margins oblique, glabrous; petiole attached to sheath 10–45 mm, unwinged or scarcely winged distally, 30–220 mm; blade lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, 2–12 × 0.5–3 cm, base tapered, rarely truncate, often asymmetric, margins entire, sometimes wavy, apex rounded to acute, abaxial face pubescent with whitish or brownish hairs, glaucous, adaxial face glabrous, not glaucous; cauline leaves 1–3, petiolate proximally, sessile distally, gradually reduced distally, blade triangular-lanceolate to linear. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1, short-cylindric to ovoid, 15–70 × 10–15 mm, bulblets absent; peduncle 1–8 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending or spreading, 2–7 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 1–2 per ocreate fascicle; perianth bright pink or purplish pink; tepals oblong to elliptic, 3–4 mm, apex obtuse to acute; stamens included or exserted; anthers purple to blackish. <b>Achenes</b> brown, 2.5–4 × 1.2–2 mm, shiny, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 72.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Fields, meadows, arctic and alpine tundra, heathlands
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;e Asia.
|discussion=<p>Leaves of <i>Bistorta plumosa</i> are used as a dietary aid and consumed as a vegetable, and roots are boiled and added to stews by Alaskan Native Americans (D. E. Moerman 1998).</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Bistorta plumosa
|author=
|authority=(Small) Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Bistorta major subsp. plumosum;Polygonum bistorta subsp. plumosum;Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum
|basionyms=Polygonum plumosum
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Fields, meadows, arctic and alpine tundra, heathlands
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;e Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|publication year=1904
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1212.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Bistorta
|species=Bistorta plumosa
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Bistorta]]