Wild Rhubarb
Rheum rhabarbarum

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA: Pie Plant, False Rhubarb
Photo taken on: August 2, 2008
Location: Poverty Gulch, GV, CO
Life Zones: Foothills to subalpine
Habitat: Around old settlements

Grows to 7 feet tall with large veined leaves up to 18" wide. The leaf stems are edible, but leaves are poisonous if eaten in quantity. If seen it has been cultivated and abandoned.