Rutaceae
Common rue
Ruta graveolens
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Ruta
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Common names
By language (50)
- Arabic
- سذاب أذفر, سذاب, فيجل, فيجن
- arz
- سذاب اذفر
- azb
- عطیرلی سدو
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli sədo
- Belarusian
- Рута пахучая, Рута духмяная
- bew
- Kekeji
- Bosnian
- Ruta
- Bulgarian
- Седефче
- Cantonese
- 芸香
- Catalan
- Ruda vera
- Chinese
- 芸香, 小叶香, 百应草, 臭草, 香草, 芸香草
- Croatian
- Ruta
- Czech
- Routa vonná
- Danish
- Almindelig Rude
- Dutch
- Wijnruit, Krans van Wijnruit, Kroon van wijnruit, Ruitenkroon
- English
- Common rue, Herb-of-grace, Herbygrass, Meadow rue, Rue
- Estonian
- Aedruut
- Finnish
- Tuoksuruuta
- French
- Poudre de rue, Rue, Rue des jardins, Rue fétide, Rue officinale
- frr
- Winrütj
- Galician
- Ruda
- German
- Weinraute, Wein-Raute, Gartenraute
- Greek
- Απήγανος
- Guarani
- Rrúda
- Hebrew
- פיגם מצוי
- hsb
- Winowa ruta
- Hungarian
- Kerti ruta, Szagos ruta
- Irish
- Rú
- Japanese
- ヘンルーダ, コモンルー, 芸香
- kab
- Awermi
- Korean
- 운향
- kw
- Ruta
- Lithuanian
- Žalioji rūta
- Macedonian
- Седефче
- Marathi
- सताप
- Persian
- راتا گراوانز
- Polish
- Rutka
- Portuguese
- Arruda
- Romanian
- Virnanț
- Russian
- Рута душистая, Рута, Рута обыкновенная, Рута пахучая, Рута садовая
- Sanskrit
- सुदाबसस्यम्
- sgs
- Rūts
- Slovenian
- Vinska rutica, Razkrečena rutica
- Spanish
- Ruda comun, Ruda común, Ruda cultivada, Ruda de hojas anchas, Ruda de los huertos, Ruda hortense, Ruda hortense de hojas anchas, Ruda mayor
- Swedish
- Vinruta
- Telugu
- సదాపాకు
- Thai
- อีหรุด
- Ukrainian
- Рута запашна, Рута городня, Рута пахуча, Рута садова
- Vietnamese
- Vân hương
- Welsh
- Ruw
Synonyms
- Ruta altera Mill.
- Ruta ciliata Mill.
- Ruta crithmifolia Moric. ex DC.
- Ruta divaricata Ten.
- Ruta diversifolia Wender. ex Steud.
- Ruta diversifolia Wender.
- Ruta holopetala Kitt.
- Ruta hortensis Mill.
- Ruta intermedia hort. ex Steud.
- Ruta macrophylla Sol.
- Ruta officinalis Pall.
- Ruta subtripinnata Miq.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 84 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ana Cristina Almeida, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mister_bumble, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Silar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ira Gershenhorn, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Le Mao, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.