Ruta montana (L.) L.

Spice Flowers In the field

Family: RUTACEAE

Genus: Ruta

Catalan common name: Ruda de bosc. Ruda de muntanya.

Spanish common name: Ruda silvestre.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Stony soils. Torrent sides.

Characteristics: A woody ash-green coloured plant. Forms a basal rosette of very divided leaves (segments are narrowly linear), of which emerges an elongated stem which is branched on the upper half, and where it develops flowers with petals entire. These characteristics differentiate it from the rest of the genus.