Aquilegia is a genus of about 60–70 species of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals of their flowers.
Ranunculaceae is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.
Aquilegia coerulea, the Colorado blue columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to the Rocky Mountains, USA. Aquilegia coerulea is the state flower of Colorado.
Aquilegia barbaricina is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is endemic to Italy, occurring only on the island of Sardinia.
Aquilegia nuragica, commonly called Nuragica columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is endemic to Italy, on the island of Sardinia.
Aquilegia bertolonii, common name Bertoloni columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Southern France and Italy. Growing to 30 cm (12 in) in height, it is an alpine herbaceous perennial. In early summer each erect stem produces up to four spurred, blue-purple flowers.
Aquilegia pyrenaica, common name Pyrenean columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is endemic to the Pyrenees where it grows on grassland and in rocky places. It was first described in 1805 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Aquilegia pyrenaica.
Aquilegia alpina, the alpine columbine or breath of God, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Alps, where it is typically found growing on carbonate bedrock.
Aquilegia ottonis is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family. It has a broad distribution in Europe; it is native to Greece, Italy, and Albania. Plants produce blue-purple flowers which, based on pollination syndromes, are thought to be pollinated by bumblebees. A. ottonis is named after King Otto of Greece; the specific epithet 'ottonis' is the third declension of 'otto'.
Aquilegia ecalcarata is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to nearly all of China. As its synonym Semiaquilegia ecalcarata it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Aquilegia atrovinosa is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to primarily temperate regions of Central Asia.
Aquilegia bernardii, common name Bernard's columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to Corsica. It is likely named after the French plant collector Pierre Frédéric Bernard.
Aquilegia buergeriana is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Japan. It has yellow inner petals and dusky purple outer petals and spurs. The specific name honours Thomas J. Buertgers, a plant collector in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland in New Guinea in c.1881.
Aquilegia desertorum, the desert columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to New Mexico, Arizona, and southwest Utah. It inhabits open rocky limestone areas between 2000m and 2500m altitude.
Aquilegia blecicii is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. Its status as a separate species from Aquilegia nigricans is considered doubtfully valid by some authorities.
Aquilegia desolaticola, the desolation columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to Utah. It takes its name from its habitat, the remote Desolation Canyon on the Green River.
Aquilegia dinarica, the Dinaric columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to the Dinaric Alps of northern Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro.
Aquilegia einseleana, or Einsele's columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to the central and eastern Alps of Slovenia and small areas of Germany, Austria, and Italy.
Aquilegia glandulosa, the Siberian columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to northern and central Asia.
Aquilegia incurvata, or the Qinling columbine (秦岭耧斗菜), is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to the Qinling mountain range in China.
