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Dark Columbine

Aquilegia atrata

Dark Columbine
Photo: Harald Süpfle, CC BY-SA 2.5
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Alps, Appennini
Climate
temperate

About

Aquilegia atrata, the dark columbine, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Alps and Apennine Mountains.

Where it grows

The species is native to mountainous areas of Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovakia, France, Italy, and Slovenia, and has been introduced to the Czech Republic and Russia (western Siberia). It grows in alpine and subalpine habitats in rocky limestone areas and beech, silver fir, and Scots pine forests.

Other Aquilegia plants

Aquilegia alpina · Aquilegia amaliae · Fan Columbine · Aquilegia apuana · Aquilegia aradanica · Aquilegia aragonensis · Aquilegia atrovinosa · Atwood's Columbine · Aquilegia aurea · Aquilegia ballii · Aquilegia baluchistanica · Barbaricina colombine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilegia atrata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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