Polygonaceae/Polygonacéees - Buckwheat Family
Rheum rhabarbarum L.
En: rhubarb, garden rhubarb, strawberry rhubarb, pie plant
Fr: rhubarbe, rhubarbe des jardins
Provincial Status: LiNi
Range: Asia; cultivated and often long-persistent in abandoned gardens in Nfld. and Labrador.
Fr: rhubarbe, rhubarbe des jardins
Provincial Status: LiNi
Range: Asia; cultivated and often long-persistent in abandoned gardens in Nfld. and Labrador.
[=Rheum rhaponticum auct. non L.]
[=Rheum franzenbachii Münter]
[=Rheum franzenbachii Münter var. mongolium Münter]
[=Rheum macropterum Mart.]
[=Rheum muricatum Blanco]
[=Rheum sanguineum Meisn.]
[=Rheum undulatum L.]
[=Rheum undulatum L. var. longifolium C.Y.Cheng & T.C.Kao]
[Another species of rhubarb (Rheum), known locally as Labrador rhubarb and introduced by Moravian missionaries, is found in and around Makkovik and other coastal Labrador communities; this species is in the process of being identified by Agriculture Canada (Erica Oberndorfer, pers. comm. Nov. 12, 2019).]