Green columbine is a small herbaceous perennial from northern Asia with yellowish-green or dark purple nodding flowers and long nectar spurs. It grows best in moist, partly shaded, well-drained conditions, such as woodland edges or beside streams.
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Humus-rich, well-drained loam or leaf mould.
Temperature
Hardy to about -30 °C; comfortable in cool temperate summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Siberia to N. China, Japan
Climate
temperate
About
Aquilegia viridiflora, commonly known as the green columbine or green-flowered columbine, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to southern Siberia, northern China, Mongolia, and Japan.
Where it grows
Aquilegia viridiflora is native to Japan, Mongolia, Russia (Buryatia, Tuva, and Zabaykalsky Krai in southern Siberia and the Amur Oblast in the Russian Far East), and to the Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, eastern Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Shanxi provinces in northern China. It grows in forests, grassy slopes, in damp places and by streams, at altitudes between 200 and 2,400 m (660 and 7,870 ft).
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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.