Aquilegia pyrenaica pyrenaica

(Aquilegia pyrenaica pyrenaica)

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Description

Aquilegia pyrenaica, common name Pyrenean columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae.Aquilegia pyrenaica can reach a height of 10–30 centimetres (3.9–11.8 in). This plant is closely related to the taller Aquliegia alpina. Stem is usually simple, more or less glabrous. The leaves are blue-green, petiolate and trifoliate. The flowers are bright blue or lilac, 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in) wide and 2.5–3.5 centimetres (0.98–1.38 in). Spurs are long, slender and very little curved, stamens are yellow and protruding. This plant blooms from April to June.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ranunculales
Family:Ranunculaceae
Genus:Aquilegia
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