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Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock, [2] little burdock, louse-bur, common burdock, [3] button-bur, cuckoo-button, [3] or wild rhubarb, [4] is a biennial plant. This plant is native to Europe , [ 5 ] but has become introduced elsewhere such as Australia , North and South America , and other places.
Rheum rhabarbarum was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [3] Linnaeus also described R. undulatum, but this is now considered to be the same species. [1]The name rha barbarum, Latin for 'foreign rha', was first used in the writings of Celsus, who uses the word to describe a valued medicinal root imported from the east.
The flowers have nine (sometimes six) stamina inserted on the torus at the base of the peranthium, they are free or subconnate at their base. The anthers are yellow or pinkish green, elliptic in shape. The ovary is simple and triangular shaped with three erect or deflexed styles. The stigmas are head-like.
The stalks of rhubarb that you find at the grocery store are entirely safe to eat—but the leaves are toxic. “The leaves are very high in oxalates, so you should not consume the inedible and ...
Ipomoea pandurata, known as man of the earth, [1] wild potato vine, manroot, wild sweet potato, and wild rhubarb, [2] is a species of herbaceous perennial vine native to North America. It is a twining plant of woodland verges and rough places with heart-shaped leaves and funnel-shaped white flowers with a pinkish throat.
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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]
Rhubarb Crisp. I found this strawberry rhubarb crisp recipe on a box of Quaker Oats about 20 years ago. It's quick and easier to make than pie. It's versatile, too, because you can add ...