Ruta angustifolia Pers.

Spice In the field

Family: RUTACEAE

Genus: Ruta

Sinònims: Ruta chalepensis L. subsp. angustifolia (Pers.) Cout.

Catalan common name: Ruda.

Spanish common name: Ruda.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera. Dragonera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Garriques and dry soils.

Characteristics: A woody ash-green coloured plant. Develops an erect main stem, which branches off, finishes in inflorescences of flowers yellow in colour that are generally ciliate. Differs from the subsp. chalepensis mainly by its lanceolate and narrow bracts. (The type species has ovoid and wider bracts.).