Aquilegia ottonis grows to 15–20cm (5.9–7.9in) in height, with branching stems and white, cream, pale bluish,[2] or blue-purple[3] flowers, the petals having incurved and slightly hooked nectar spurs which are light violet-blue in colour.[2]
A. ottonis subsp. ottonisBoiss., now often considered a synonym of Aquilegia ottonis rather than a subspecies thereof.[7] Other authorities consider the status of this name unresolved.[8]
A. ottonis subsp. taygetea(Orph.) Strid,[5] now treated in Plants of the World Online as a separate species, Aquilegia taygetea.[9]
In 2009, Aquilegia vulgaris var. speluncarumLacaita was reclassified as A. ottonis subsp. speluncarum(Lacaita) Del Guacchio.[4] Both these names are now considered to be synonyms of Aquilegia champagnatii.[10][11]
Aquilegia ottonis is endemic to Greece, in the vicinity of Mount Aroania in the northern Peloponnese and Mounts Giona and Parnassus on the other side of the Gulf of Corinth in central Greece.[14][15] It grows in ravines at altitudes of 1,300–1,800m (4,300–5,900ft), preferring north-facing slopes.[2]
Records of the species in the Alburni mountains in Italy[16] are now classified as Aquilegia champagnatii,[10] and those in Albania[14] as Aquilegia amaliae.[6]
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