Talk:Rheum rhaponticum

Endemism
Rheum rhaponticum is endemic in Bulgaria? . -- NGC 54  ( talk   |  contribs  ) 11:33, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

"False rhubarb" name: why?
Why has this species sometimes been called "False rhubarb"? (For example, was there a purpose for which another species of rhubarb was suitable but this one was not?) TooManyFingers (talk) 16:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Wait... Has my question already been answered in the History section? Maybe the wording there is just slightly unclear - is it saying that a plant which today is not even classified as a rhubarb was once known as "true rhubarb"? Interesting ... TooManyFingers (talk) 16:18, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Where is the source for the name "false rhubarb" for this species?
 * 2) The history section says that Europeans falsely thought that a thistle was the source of rhubarb, when actually the source was this species or a hybrid or cultivar of it.
 * Peter coxhead (talk) 21:30, 28 September 2020 (UTC)