Aquilegia vulgaris
Aquilegia chaplinei
ancolie vulgaire, European columbine
Chaplin's golden columbine
30-72 cm.
20-50 cm.
2x-ternately compound, 10-30 cm, much shorter than stems;
leaflets green adaxially, to 15-47 mm, not viscid;
primary petiolules 22-60 mm (leaflets not crowded), pilose or rarely glabrous.
2-3x-ternately compound, 7-25 cm, much shorter than stems;
leaflets to 9-19 mm, not viscid, sometimes glaucous adaxially;
primary petiolules to 10-95 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or sparsely pilose.
nodding;
sepals divergent from or perpendicular to floral axis, mostly blue or purple, lance-ovate, (10-)15-25 × 8-12 mm, apex broadly acute or obtuse;
petals: spurs mostly blue or purple, hooked, 14-22 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base, blades mostly blue or purple, oblong, 10-13 × 6-10 mm;
stamens 9-13 mm.
suberect to inclined;
sepals perpendicular to floral axis, pale yellow, broadly lanceolate, 9-19 × 4-6 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate;
petals: spurs yellow, straight, ± parallel or divergent, 30-40 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base, blades pale yellow, oblong, 7-14 × 5-6 mm;
stamens 10-19 mm.
15-25 mm;
beak 7-15 mm.
18-22 mm;
beak 15-18 mm.
= 14 (Europe).
Aquilegia vulgaris
Aquilegia chaplinei
Aquilegia vulgaris is cultivated as an ornamental and occasionally escapes into disturbed habitats. Most plants have blue or purple flowers (the wild type), but horticultural races with white or reddish flowers sometimes become established. Many cultivated columbines are derived from hybrids between A. vulgaris and related species. Some of our escaped plants are probably descended from such hybrids.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
Aquilegia chaplinei is endemic to the Guadalupe Mountains.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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