Rutaceae
Fringed rue
Ruta chalepensis
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Ruta
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Common names
By language (12)
- Amharic
- ጤና ኣዳም
- Arabic
- سذاب حلبي, سكب, شذب
- arz
- سذاب حلبى
- Chinese
- 叙利亚芸香
- Croatian
- Sinja rutvica
- English
- Fringed rue
- German
- Gefranste Raute
- Hebrew
- פיגם מצוי
- Macedonian
- Ресесто седефче
- Malayalam
- അരൂത
- Persian
- راتا چلپنسیس
- Sundanese
- Inggu
Synonyms
- Ruta latifolia Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adrián Cerón, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Friviere, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.