indian rhubarb

Noun

• Asian herb (Himalayas)

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Himalayan rhubarb , Indian rhubarb , red-veined pie plant , Rheum australe , Rheum emodi , umbrella plant , Darmera peltata , Peltiphyllum peltatum