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Bistorta officinalis
As recorded: Polygonum bistorta L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Polygonaceae
- Collected by
- Im, H.T.; Kawahara, T.; Murata, J.H.T. Im →Tetsumi Kawahara →J. Murata →
- Collector number
- 3216
- Date
- June 19, 1985
- Locality
- Nagano prefecture, Kitasaku-gun, Karizawa
- Island
- Honshu
- Region
- Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Elevation
- 1,000 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 19, 1985, Im, H.T.; Kawahara, T.; Murata, J. also collected 1 other specimen.
Bistorta officinalis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1985. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17,097 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-22.
2026-10-22
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, IT-PR, Emilia-Romagna, IT
no rights reserved
2026-10-20
Prachatice
(c) Tadeáš Jan Vašut, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
05100 Cervières, France
(c) Denis Bastianelli, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-18
Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB, Loggerheads Garage, Mold CH7 5LH, UK
(c) buzzards2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Rathaus, Simonswald, Simonswald, 79263 Simonswald, Deutschland
(c) Zop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Cuneo, Piemonte, IT
(c) zimbush, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Bistorta officinalis. BISH 562427. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956373704. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/562427.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956373704 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026