Apigano or Apiganos, (French = rue odorante; English = rue, herb of grace), used for seasoning certain salads but mostly used for producing alcohol drinks, such as grapa.

European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy

A volatile oil which contains limonene. Completely safe way to deter insects. For centuries, the herb rue has been used in households to deter flies and ants in such things as arrangements, wreathes and potpourri.

A strong-flavored woody herb used as a medicinal tea in the south. Used in cooking as a flavoring for cheese spreads, salads, and vegetable cocktails.