rue

A small aromatic evergreen shrub (Ruta graveolens) with acrid scent and taste, native to the Balkans; leaves bluish-green, divided into wedge-shaped, slightly rounded segments; flowers with 45 rather dirty yellow petals curved up at the tips. It is cultivated as a culinary and medicinal herb. (Family: Rutaceae.)

iRue

Fringed Rue

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Ruta

Species

Between 8-40 species, including:
Ruta angustifolia - Egyptian Rue
Ruta chalepensis - Fringed Rue
Ruta corsica - Corsican Rue
Ruta graveolens - Common Rue
Ruta montana - Mountain Rue

Rue (Ruta) is a genus of strongly scented evergreen subshrubs 20-60 cm tall, in the family Rutaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia and southwest Asia.

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