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Rheum palmatum
Also called East Indian Rhubarb, Ornamental Rhubarb, Turkey Rhubarb, Rhubarb
Chinese rhubarb is a large, clump-forming perennial with huge hand-shaped leaves, grown mainly as an ornamental foliage plant and as a source of medicinal rhubarb root. The key to growing it is giving it deep, fertile, moist soil and room to spread, since it becomes very large.
Rheum palmatum is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae. It is commonly called Chinese rhubarb, ornamental rhubarb, Turkey rhubarb or East Indian rhubarb.
Rheum palmatum is a herbaceous perennial related to the edible rhubarb. It is primarily used in traditional medicine, and as an ornamental subject in the garden.
It is native in the regions of western China, northern Tibet, and the Mongolian Plateau.
Himalayan Rhubarb · Chinese rhubarb · Rhubarb · Syrian Rhubarb · Rhubarb
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rheum palmatum 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.
