| Family | RUTACEAE |
| Genus species | Ruta chalepensis L. |
| Bibliography | Mant. Pl.: 69 (1767) |
| Native Range | Medit., Macaronesia |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves subsessile, in outline oblong, finely pinnate, ultimate segments lanceolate or obovate, flowers in compact corymb, sepals triangular, petals fimbriate |
| Size | 15-45cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Ruta angustifolia ssp. bracteosa (DC.) Bonnier & Layens Ruta angustifolia var. bracteosa (DC.) Boiss. Ruta bracteosa DC. Ruta chalepensis var. bracteosa (DC.) Boiss. Ruta chalepensis ssp. bracteosa (DC.) Batt. Ruta chalepensis var. intermedia Rouy Ruta chalepensis var. jacobea Maire Ruta chalepensis ssp. latifolia H.Lindb. Ruta chalepensis var. latifolia Fiori Ruta chalepensis var. pellucidopunctata Sennen Ruta graveolens var. bracteosa (DC.) Alef. Ruta graveolens var. chalepensis (L.) Weston Ruta latifolia Salisb. Ruta macrophylla Moris Ruta punctata C.Presl ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Ruta tenuifolia Bubani Ruta ulyssiponensis Houtt. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia (AZO Azores, CNY Canary Is., MDR Madeira) 27 Southern Africa (CPV Caprivi Strip) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |