Английская Википедия:Bistorta bistortoides
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Bistorta bistortoides (American bistort, western bistort, smokeweed, mountain meadow knotweed, mountain buckwheat or mountain meadow buckwheat) is a perennial herb in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae.
Description
Bistorta bistortoides plants generally grow to Шаблон:Convert tall.[1] Individuals growing above Шаблон:Convert are smaller, seldom reaching more than Шаблон:Convert in height.
The leaves are leathery and Шаблон:Convert long,[1] being mostly basal on the stem. The dense cylindrical to oblong inflorescence is Шаблон:Convert long and packed with small white to pinkish flowers, each a few millimeters wide and with protruding stamens.[2]
Taxonomy
The species name remains unresolved.[3]
Distribution and habitat
B. bistortoides is distributed throughout the Mountain West in North America from Alaska and British Columbia south into California and east into the Rocky Mountains.[4][5]
The plant grows from foothills to above the timberline.
Ecology
Rodents and bears consume the roots, and elk and deer browse the foliage.[1]
Uses
American bistort was an important food plant used by Native Americans living in the Mountain West, including Blackfoot and Cheyenne peoples.[1] The roots are edible either raw or fire-roasted[6] with a flavor resembling chestnuts. The seeds can be dried and ground into flour and used to make bread. They were also roasted and eaten as a cracked grain.[7][8] The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.[1]
References
External links
- Шаблон:Commons-inline
- Jepson Manual Treatment – Polygonum bistortoides
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- Polygonum bistortoides – Callphotos Photo gallery, University of California
Шаблон:Vegetable-stub
Шаблон:Polygonaceae-stub
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Flora of North America, Bistorta bistortoides (Pursh) Small, 1906. Western or American bistort , smokeweed
- ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокPlantListне указан текст - ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Turner Photographics, Polygonum bistortoides – Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest photos, description, partial distribution map
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Edibility: Identification and edible parts of American Bistort
- ↑ Tilford, G. L. Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West Шаблон:ISBN
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- Plants described in 1813
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of Western Canada
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- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Plants used in Native American cuisine
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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