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Rheum maximowiczii is a large perennial rhubarb from the mountains of Central Asia, with big round leaves and a tall reddish flower stem. It is grown mainly as a hardy ornamental or edible rhubarb relative, and it needs cool, moist conditions and a sheltered spot.
Rheum maximowiczii is a large herbaceous perennial plant species in the genus Rheum (rhubarbs) from the mountains of Central Asia where it grows in Kazakhstan, eastern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and northeastern Afghanistan.
It is primarily found in the Pamir, Altai and Western Tian-Shan mountains.
In the country report submitted to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the Global Plan of Action for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, part of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan identifies R. maximowiczii as an edible, but under-utilized, plant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rheum maximowiczii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
