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A close up view of an equisetum plant in spring in Moscow.

Material of Chinese Abelia blooming on the side of the road

Aerial view showing a lake surrounded by rugged landscape seen from top of the Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, Australia.

Puffin on the coast of England in the golden hour sun

Bistorta officinalis (synonym Persicaria bistorta), known as bistort, common bistort, European bistort or meadow bistort, is a species of flowering plant in the dock family Polygonaceae.

$Short perennial, the stem with several brown sheaths at the base. Leaves oblong, keeled, shiny-green, the upper leaves smaller and bract-like. Bracts membranous, shorter than the ovary. Flowers greenish-yellow, often with reddish margins and streaks, borne in a slender spike, often many-flowered, each flower manikin-like, with the sepals and petals forming a close hood; lip 12-15mm, pendent, the lateral lobes forming short, narrow ‘arms’ and the central lobe divided into narrow legs; spurless.\nHabitat: Grassland, field boundaries, abandoned quarries, banks and open scrub, rarely along woodland margins, on calcareous soils, to 1500m.\nFlowering Season: May-June.\nDistribution: S & SE Britain, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany.\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$