Aquilegia pyrenaica

Aquilegia pyrenaica
Aquilegia pyrenaica flowers, at the Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Aquilegia
Species:	A. pyrenaica
Binomial name
Aquilegia pyrenaica DC. in Lam & DC
Synonyms
Aquilegia aragonensis Willk. Synonym WCSP (in review) Aquilegia beata Rapaics Aquilegia beata var. condemnata Rapaics Aquilegia discolor var. aragonensis (Willk.) Gürke Aquilegia pyrenaica f. aragonensis (Willk.) Willk. Aquilegia pyrenaica var. macrantha Fisch. Aquilegia pyrenaica var. pusilla Fisch. Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. pyrenaica (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson Aquilegia vulgaris var. pyrenaica (DC.) Walp. Aquilina pyrenaea (DC.) Bubani

Aquilegia pyrenaica, common name Pyrenean columbine, ^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae.

Description

Aquilegia pyrenaica can reach a height of 10–30 centimetres (3.9–11.8 in). This plant is closely related to the taller Aquliegia alpina. Stem is usually simple, more or less glabrous. The leaves are blue-green, petiolate and trifoliate. The flowers are bright blue or lilac, 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in) wide and 2.5–3.5 centimetres (0.98–1.38 in). Spurs are long, slender and very little curved, stamens are yellow and protruding. This plant blooms from April to June.

Habitat

This species prefer pastures and rocky places at an altitude of 900–2,200 metres (3,000–7,200 ft).

Distribution

This species is native to France and the Pyrenees.

References

1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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