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Aquilegia kansuensis

Aquilegia kansuensis is a perennial columbine from northern and central China and North Korea, growing 40–70 cm tall with nodding, whitish-cream flowers with brownish-purple sepals. It is a woodland plant that does best in cool, partly shaded, moist but well-drained conditions.

Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Humus-rich, fertile, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; protect young plants from heat above about 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. China to N. Korea
Climate
temperate

About

Aquilegia kansuensis is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to northern and central China and North Korea.

Where it grows

Aquilegia kansuensis is native to China, in the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, southern Ningxia, eastern Qinghai, southern Shaanxi, Sichuan, and northern Yunnan, and also to North Korea. It grows in forests, forest margins, and riverside environments, and its range overlaps with that of Aquilegia ecalcarata in some areas.

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 ballii · Aquilegia baluchistanica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilegia kansuensis 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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