General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies

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Common names
  • Firetails
  • Mountain Fleece
  • Red Bistort
  • Red Mountain Fleeceflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Bistorta amplexicaulis
  • Synonym: Persicaria amplexicaulis var. speciosa
  • Synonym: Persicaria amplexicaulis

Photo Gallery
Location: Vermont
Date: 2015-08-11
Location: My garden in Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2010-08-22
May be 'Pink Elephant' but not sure
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-08-21
Location: Vermont
Date: 2015-08-11
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-08-21
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-08-21
Location: My garden
Date: 10/14/17
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2009-09-27
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2009-09-27
Location: My brother's garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-18

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