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Author:  Carl Linnaeus, 1753
Family:  POLYGONACEAE
Origin:  North-Western China, Mongolia, Tibet, Southern Siberia
Soil:  Drained Rich
Water:  Medium - Maximum
Sun:  Minimum - Medium
Thickness:  17 Centimetres
Height:  30 Centimetres (2 Meters)
Flower:  White
Propagate:  Seeds/Rhizomes
Names:  Pieplant, Rapontik, Rhapontic, Rababar
Synonyms:  Rheum undulatum, Carl von Linnaeus, 1762.
Rheum franzenbachii
Münter, 1879.
Rhabarbarum verum,
Garsault.
Rheum macropterum,
Mart.
Rheum muricatum,
Blanco.
Rheum sanguineum,
Meisn.
Rheum undulatum
var. longifolium, C.Y.Cheng & T.C.Kao.

This member of the Polygonaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It was originally found in north-western China, Mongolia, Tibet and southern Siberia, growing in a drained rich soil with some water and some sun. The rhizomes can grow up to 15 centimetres in diameter, the leaves up to 30 centimetres high (larger in cultivation). The up to two meter high flower stalk has white to crème coloured flowers.

The genera name is the old name for the plan: Greek: ῥεῦμα rheuma 'a flowing rheum'. The species name from the river Rhu and barbarians.


A flowering pant from Strictlymedicinalseeds.com.