rheum lhasaense

Rheum lhasaense is a plant from eastern Tibet belonging to the genus Rheum in family Polygonaceae. It is a mid-sized rhubarb species with triangular leaves and spherical fruit.

The species was first collected in 1965, but first described as a new species in 1983 in the Flora Xizangica.The holotype was collected in 1965 by 张永田 郎楷永, held by the PE herbarium in Xiangshan, and is numbered PE-884218-00000017.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 30–70 cm high. The stems are usually glabrous (hairless), ...