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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]
Loosely branched clusters of matured red flowers found on the lobed-leafed Chinese rhubarb. Habit of Rheum palmatum. Its lobed leaves are large, jagged and hand-shaped, growing in width to two feet, but sometimes up to a full meter (3ft 3in) in width and length). The tiny pink flowers are in panicles up to five feet (1.5 meters) in height. [6]
The genus is represented by about 50–60 extant species. [1] [17] The many cultivars of culinary rhubarb more usually grown for eating are recognised as Rheum × hybridum in the Royal Horticultural Society's list of recognised plant names. The drug rheum is prepared from the rhizomes and roots of another species, R. officinale or
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".
Rheum officinale, the Chinese rhubarb, [3] [4] or Indian rhubarb [4] is a rhubarb from the family Polygonaceae native to China. [5] In Chinese it is called yào yòng dà huáng ( Chinese : 药用大黄 ), literally meaning medicinal rhubarb .
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Place the rhubarb in a large bowl and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar and the cornstarch. Toss to combine. Place the rhubarb in the prepared pan pink side down, trimming the pieces ...
The giant rhubarb, or Campos des Loges (Gunnera manicata), native to the Serra do Mar mountains of southeastern Brazil, is perhaps the largest species, with reniform or sub-reniform leaves typically 1.5 to 2.0 meters (4 ft 11 in to 6 ft 7 in) long, not including the thick, succulent petiole which may be up to 2.5 meters (8 feet 2 inches) in length.