Victoria Rhubarb - Rheum Rhabarbum - Vegetable - 25 Seeds Garlic Chives Exposed faces of tubercles

Exposed faces of tubercles

and the roots can be eaten as a vegetable or grated for use in salads

Dark green

adapted to pollination by long-tongued flies

toothed leaves are tinged with purple around the edges

Victoria Rhubarb - Rheum Rhabarbum - Vegetable - 25 Seeds Garlic Chives Exposed faces of tuberclesRhubarb is a group of plants that belong to the genus Rheum in the family Polygonaceae. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing from short, thick rhizomes. They have large leaves that are somewhat triangular shaped with long fleshy petioles. They have small flowers grouped in large compound leafy greenish white to rose red inflorescences. Although the leaves are toxic, various parts of the plants have culinary and medicinal uses. Fresh raw stalks