amphibious bistort
Persicaria amphibia
RHS Plants for Pollinators
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Amphibious bistort (Persicaria amphibia) is a perennial for pollinator gardens, meadows, and low maintenance planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, loamy or clay soil. Long, prostrate stems root freely as they spread across mud or water. Dense pink flower clusters rise above them and attract bees. Plants grow quickly, so give them room.
Pairs well with Nodding onion, Indian grass, and Ox-eye daisy.
Native range
North America, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, and 36 more places. See all 40
North America, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Corse, District of Columbia, Free State, Føroyar, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lesotho, Magadan, Manchuria, NW. Balkan Pen., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Northern Provinces, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Türkiye, Xinjiang, and Yakutiya.