Rheum platylobum

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves Rheum platylobum is a wear plant species described by KH Rechinger. Rheum platylobum is part of the genus rhubarb genus , and the family of slit plants . Rheum species are herbaceous perennials growing from fleshy roots. They have upright growing stems and mostly basal, deciduous leaves growing from short, thick rhizomes. They have persistent or deciduous ocrea. The inflorescences are terminal and panicle-like with pedicels. The hermaphrodite flowers consist of a whitish green to pinkish green, hairless and campanulate (bell-shaped) perianth, composed of six tepals.