A vibrant meadow filled with various wildflowers including yellow buttercups, white daisies, and purple bistort spikes, against a backdrop of lush green grass, United Kingdom, Europe

A vibrant meadow filled with green grass, wildflowers, yellow buttercups, sorrel and purple bistort scattered throughout, United Kingdom, Europe

A field of pink bistort flowers in full bloom, with green foliage in the background, United Kingdom, Europe

American bistort (Western bistort) (smokeweed) (mountain meadow knotweed) (Polygonum bistortoides (Bistorta bistortoides), Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Yellow-bellied marmot (yellowbelly marmot) (Marmota flaviventris) among bistort, San Juan National Forest, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Common bistort (Persicaria bistorta), close up

Wildflowers in Austria, Europe

Herb tea made of bistort, snake root, Polygonum bistorta