| 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. |
