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Noun: Indian rhubarb
  1. Asian herb (Himalayas)
    - Himalayan rhubarb, red-veined pie plant, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi
     
  2. Rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
    - umbrella plant, Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, rhubarb, rhubarb plant

Part of: Darmera, genus Darmera, genus Peltiphyllum, genus Rheum, Peltiphyllum, Rheum

Encyclopedia: Indian rhubarb