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Aquilegia ballii

Aquilegia ballii
Photo: Roland Godon, CC BY 4.0

Aquilegia ballii is a perennial columbine from the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, reaching 70 to 80 cm tall with white and blue spurred flowers. It grows in damp meadows and streamsides, so it needs consistently moist, cool conditions and good drainage.

Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist through the growing season, but never waterlogged.
Soil
Moist but free-draining, humus-rich loam.
Temperature
10–22 °C; tolerates cold winters, protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Morocco (High Atlas)
Climate
temperate

About

Aquilegia ballii is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae that is endemic to Morocco.

Where it grows

Aquilegia ballii is endemic to the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, where it grows in damp meadows, by streams, and in damp rocky places at altitudes of 1,980 to 3,000 m (6,500 to 9,840 ft).

Other Aquilegia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilegia ballii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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