Ruta montana Mill.

Rue des montagnes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Ruta

Characteristics

A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean plant.
More
Dry rocky places.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses essential oil medicinal
Edible flowers leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Wart (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Ruta montana habit picture by Stéphane Mars (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana habit picture by Frederic Housset (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana habit picture by Rafael Barrios (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Ruta montana leaf picture by Campoamor Ramon (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana leaf picture by Argentino 75018 (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana leaf picture by Casas Juan Miguel (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Ruta montana flower picture by Villalba Clemente (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana flower picture by Campoamor Ramon (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana flower picture by Campoamor Ramon (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Ruta montana fruit picture by Carlos F. Ingala (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana fruit picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Ruta montana fruit picture by Frederic Housset (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ruta montana world distribution map, present in Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia, and Turkey

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775119-1
WFO ID wfo-0000463742
COL ID 4TT3D
BDTFX ID 58994
INPN ID 119722
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ruta sylvestris Ruta legitima Ruta tenuifolia Ruta graveolens var. montana Ruta montana