| Scientific Name: | Rheum rhabarbarum (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | rhubarb |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Pubescent, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Red, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, ovate, most 20-60cm long x 25-50cm wide, base cordate, petioles edible, 30-90cm long, thick, red, and arise from short, thick rhizomes. | |