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Scientific Name: | Ruta graveolens |
Common Name: | common rue |
Family Name: | Rutaceae |
Origin: | Africa, Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
Habit: | Dense, Upright |
Form: | Round |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Herb, Medicinal plant, Rock garden |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | |
Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Obovate, Rhomboidal, Incised |
Flowers: | Cyme, Yellow, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
Key ID Features: | |
Sub-shrub (becomes woody at base); leaves bluish-green, powdery, and deeply dissected into spoon shaped segments, 7-13cm long; florets yellow, four-petaled. |