This also looks like mine from the area, the red inflorescence bears fruits
and not flowers. Perhaps Ritesh ji will be able to resolve.

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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:08 AM, N.S. Chauhan <[email protected]> wrote:

> To me it looks more closer to* Rheum australe Syn: R. emodi.*
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:11 AM, D.S Rawat 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> *Rheum webbianum* Royle is a tall robust herb in alpine zones of
>> Uttarakhand. Known as ‘Archa” it is not common and restricted to rocky
>> slopes often. The petioles are thick and sour which are boiled and grounded
>> to make ‘chutney’ by herdsmen in alpine zones.
>>
>> It is one of the Himalayan Rhubarbs and underground rootstock is
>> medicinal.
>> Photographed in Nilkanth Valley near Badrinath, Uttarakhand.
>> Dr D.S.Rawat
>> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture &
>> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA
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