Bistort Quiz

What is the correct Latin name for this plant?

Which of these pictures show bistort?

What are other common names for this species?

In which of these habitats would you mainly find this species? Select two.

Which season would you be most likely to find these species?

Which of these statements best describes this species?

The leaves are a bluish-green colour on the upper side and grey, tinged with purple, underneath.
The leaves are deep green, heart-shaped and hairy with pointed tips.
The leaves are light green on the upper side and dark green with white spots underneath.
The leaves are light-green, lance-shaped with serrated edges

Which of these statements best describes this species?

The leaves are large, oval shaped, with heart-shaped bases.
The plant grows as a rosette. The leaves are compound and pinnate.
The grey-green, oval leaves appear from February and stay on the plant until autumn.
The leaves are heart shaped and asymmetrical.

Which photo shows the correct flower for this species?

What could this species be confused with? Choose 2.

How would you describe the edibility of this species?

What risks are associated with this species?

Which parts of this species are edible?

Which of these statements best describes this species?

It was traditionally used in Northern England to make Dock or Ledge pudding.
The scented flowers attract moths like the impressive Elephant Hawk-moth.
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, often with variegated foliage.
This species has been eaten in the Islamic world since the 10th century.

Which of these pictures is of Bistort?

Which of these statements is true? Select 3.

Juice from the leaves is used to treat warts and snakebite, and the flower is applied to burns.
Bistort root is one of the strongest astringent medicines and can be used to treat external or internal wounds.
It is used in traditional herbal medicine for ailments of the bones, rheumatism, toothache, asthma, cough and nervous diseases.
It can be used to treat diarrhoea, dysentery, and all bowel complaints.
It is supposedly great for treating haemorrhoids.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the roots were used as a laxative for several millennia.