Rutaceae
Rue of the mountains
Thamnosma texana
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Thamnosma
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rue of the mountains
Synonyms
- Rutosma purpurea Wooton & Standl.
- Rutosma texana A.Gray
- Thamnosma aldrichii Tharp
- Thamnosma texana f. purpurea (Wooton & Standl.) Lundell
- Thamnosma texana var. purpurea (Wooton & Standl.) L.P.Woodruff
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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.