⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2676864, with some changes.

Bistorta vivipara subsp. fugax (Small) Soják is a synonym of Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr.

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Preslia 46: 152 1974.