*Aquilegia vulgaris Linnaeus. Common name: European Columbine, Garden Columbine. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Disturbed areas, recently appearing in natural areas (such as grassy balds, in thin soils around rock outcrops). Distribution: Native of Europe. Many varieties have been named; there seems little utility in trying to apply these names to the cultivated plants (often cultivars) rarely persistent or weakly naturalized in our area.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA3, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB; > Aquilegia vulgaris L. — Munz (1946). Basionym: Aquilegia vulgaris L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Aquilegia vulgaris - FNA3
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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