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Thalictrum flavum, known by the common names common meadow-rue, [2] [3] poor man's rhubarb, [4] and yellow meadow-rue, [5] is a flowering plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a native to Caucasus and Russia ( Siberia ).
The flowers are prickly and pink to purple in color. The flower heads are about 2 cm (3 ⁄ 4 in) wide, surrounded by a cluster of bracts. [5] [6] The outer bracts end in hooks causing a hook-and-loop effect after the flower head dries, when the bracts will attach to humans and animals to transport the seedhead. [9]
Dense clusters of small, orange-red, flowers are held above the leaves on long slim peduncles. The clusters carry both male and female flowers and flowering continues for most of the year. [4] [5] [8] Fruit are green capsules at first, becoming blackish-brown at maturity when they burst and scatter the seeds up to 4 metres (13 feet) away. [5] [6]
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Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Rhubarb damaged by severe cold should not be eaten, as it may be high in oxalic acid, which migrates from the leaves and can cause illness. [17] The colour of rhubarb stalks can vary from the commonly associated crimson red, through speckled light pink, to simply light green. Rhubarb stalks are poetically described as "crimson stalks".
It is commonly known as Himalayan rhubarb, [2] [3] Indian rhubarb [2] and Red-veined pie plant. [2] It is a medicinal herb used in the Indian Unani system of medicine, and formerly in the European system of medicine where it was traded as Indian rhubarb. [4] The plant is found in the sub-alpine and alpine Himalayas at an altitude of 4000 m. [5]