| Scientific Name: | Persicaria bistorta |
| Common Name: | European bistort, snakeweed |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Fall interest, Herb, Medicinal plant, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Oblong, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Achene, Nut, Brown, Black, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, ovate to oblong arising from rhizome, margins entire, wavy, 10-20cm long, leaves on flowering stem alternate, sessile; inflorescence cylindrical, about 4-10cm long x 3cm wide, petals pink; achenes brown, about 3 x 4mm, shiny, smooth. | |