| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Bistorta plumosa (Small) Greene |
| Bibliography | Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904) |
| Native Range | e. Siberia to Russian Far East, Alaska to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 2-10cm, obtuse, at base cuneate or rounded, petiolate, stem leaves lanceolate, acute, petiolate, inflorescence dense, spicate, 4-6cm long |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | bright pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Bistorta major ssp. plumosa (Small) H.Hara Polygonum bistorta ssp. plumosum (Small) Hultén Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum (Small) B.Boivin Polygonum plumosum Small |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |