Persicaria bistorta (Common Bistort) - Wales, UK

6/6/17 Road from Ffald-y-Brenin to Jabes Vestry (Pontfaen), 

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, SW Wales, UK

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Common Bistort

SPECIES: Persicaria bistorta

FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 6/6/2017

LOCATION: Road from Ffald-y-Brenin to Jabes Vestry (Pontfaen), Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, SW Wales, UK

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From Wildflowers of Britain and Northern Europe by Andrew Cleave & Paul Sterry:

A conspicuous perennial with frothy, dense spikes of small pink flowers held upright above plant on slender flower stalks. The long, triangular leaves are almost hairless. 

Flowering period: June-August

Habitat: Damp places, especially low lying meadows, banks of ponds and rivers, and woodland rides. Widespread and locally common.