Ruta

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Ruta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ruta (classical name of rue). Rutaceae. Perennial, glandular, punctate herbs, hardy or half-hardy North, quite hardy South but of no great horticultural value. Plants often woody at the base, with terete branched sts.: lvs. alternate, simple, 3-foliate, pinnately cut or compound: fls. in leafy-bracted terminal corymbs or panicles, numerous, yellow or greenish; calyx short, persistent, 4-5-lobed or parted; petals 4-5, limb arched, often dentate or ciliate; stamens 8-10; ovary sessile: caps. 4-5-lobed, the lobes indehiscent or dehiscent at the apex. About 40 species mostly in the Medit. region and a few in W. and Cent. Asia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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