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Rheum rhaponticum, Linn. (i. e., Pontic Rha, "Rhubarb of Pontus," a
province of Asia Minor). Rhubarb. Pie-Plant (in the U. S.). Wine-plant.
Fig. 3374. Strong perennial, with thick clustered roots: petioles semi-
cylindric, plane above: lf .-blades suborbicular, deeply cordate at
base, undulate, about 5-ribbed, glabrous and shining above, pubescent
on the veins beneath: panicles tall and narrow, somewhat leafy, densely
flowered, the pedicels jointed below the middle, the fls. whitish:
achene oblong-oval. In deserts and subalpine parts of S.
Siberia.—Nearly everywhere grown in this country for the succulent acid
petioles or leaf-stalks, which are used in early spring for pies and
sauces. Wine is sometimes made from the juice. In France, known usually
as an ornamental plant. There are several garden varieties. See
Rhubarb.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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