| Scientific Name: | Rheum palmatum |
| Common Name: | Chinese rhubarb, ornamental rhubarb |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Medicinal plant, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Waterside planting |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Dentate, Palmately lobed, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, ovate, most 30-60(-75)cm long x 25-50cm wide, palmately lobed, margin dentate, and wavy, petioles often reddish, 30-90cm long, arise from short, thick rhizomes. | |