Rheum rhabarbarum
Origin: Utah
Improvement status: Cultivar
Seeds per packet: ~25
Germination tested 11/2022: 42%
Life cycle: Perennial
'Morgan Valley Heritage' Rhubarb arrived in Utah with the Mormon pioneers in the 1860s. Large red stems. If kept harvested it produces stems all summer long in the cool valley. This variety comes from the seedsman, Joseph Lofthouse, of Paradise, Utah.
