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RUTA GRAVEOLENS [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Ruta graveolens
Latin
OBS

Subshrub to 3 feet of the Rutaceae family. Native to South Europe, grown in herb gardens. Used medicinally and as a condiment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ruta graveolens
Latin
OBS

Famille des Rutacées.

OBS

Plante des prés, vivace, à fleurs jaune. Utilisée comme herbe médicinale, peut être dangereuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Ruta graveolens
Latin
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Record 2 2007-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Ruta graveolens
Latin
DEF

A hardy, evergreen plant with a woody stem at the lower part. Its leaves are alternate, bipinnate or tripinnate, bluish-green in colour. The flowers, which blossom from June to September, are yellow in colour, with 4-5 petals and about 1 cm diameter. Its fruits are 4-5 lobed capsules containing numerous seeds.

OBS

A plant of the family Rutaceae.

OBS

Native to southern Europe, the common rue is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ruta graveolens
Latin
DEF

Arbrisseau sous-frutescent, d'un mètre de haut environ, très ramifié et ligneux à la base. Les feuilles d'un vert glauque, semi-persistantes, sont alternes, pennatiséquées (souvent trilobées) et de consistance un peu charnue. Petites fleurs, de couleur jaune verdâtre, regroupées en corymbe.

OBS

Plante de la famille des Rutaceae.

Spanish

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