Species
Common columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
Varieties
7 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
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| (v. stellata plena) Barlow mixedBSI-H35160 | — |
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| (v. stellata plena) Nora BarlowBSI-H35200 | 'Nora Barlow' has nodding, double flowers without spurs. The narrow petals are deep pink and pale green. Its upright stems bear divided, dark green leaves. This perennial grows in sun or partial shade in fertile, moist, well-drained soil. |
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| double flowered tall mixedBSI-H35000 | — |
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| Double mixedBSI-FL73332 | — |
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| dwarf mixedBSI-H35400 | — |
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| Nora Barlow mixtureBSI-FL83602 | — |
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| William GuinnessBSI-H35210 | 'William Guinness', also listed as 'Magpie', has deep maroon-purple sepals surrounding white petals. The purple spurs curl at their tips. This upright perennial has divided foliage and grows in sun or partial shade in fertile, moist, well-drained soil. |
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Aquilegia vulgaris is a deciduous herbaceous perennial with nodding flowers. The wild form is usually blue, while garden forms also occur in purple, mauve, pink and white.
Botanical characteristics
Flower structure is especially useful for distinguishing its named selections: double, spurless forms differ visibly from flowers with developed spurs.
Contrasting columbine flower structures
(v. stellata plena) Nora Barlow has double, spurless flowers with narrow deep pink and pale green petals. William Guinness, documented also as Magpie, has deep maroon-purple sepals, white petals and curled purple spurs. These supported contrasts help seed retailers choose distinct references for a perennial assortment. The separately listed Barlow and other mixtures are their own articles, rather than substitutes for either named cultivar.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Aquilegia vulgaris
- Common names
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- capon's-feather
- columbine
- common columbine
- culverwort
- european columbine
- european crowfoot
- garden columbine
- granny bonnets
- granny's-bonnet
- Synonyms
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- aquilegia albopleno
- aquilegia arbascensis
- aquilegia atrata subsp. vulgaris
- aquilegia atrata vulgaris
- aquilegia bertolonii parviflora
- aquilegia bertolonii var. parviflora
- aquilegia caryophylloides
- aquilegia collina
- aquilegia concolor
- aquilegia corniculata
- aquilegia cyclophylla
- aquilegia ebneri
- aquilegia elegans
- aquilegia eynensis
- aquilegia glaucescens
- aquilegia haenkeana
- aquilegia haenkeana subsp. subalpina
- aquilegia inversa
- aquilegia jucunda
- aquilegia mollis
- aquilegia nemoralis
- aquilegia nigricans var. ebneri
- aquilegia nivea
- aquilegia ochroleuca
- aquilegia paui
- aquilegia platysepala
- aquilegia praecox
- aquilegia recticornu
- aquilegia ruscinonensis
- aquilegia sibirica
- aquilegia silvestris
- aquilegia speciosa
- aquilegia stellata
- aquilegia subalpina
- aquilegia sylvestris
- aquilegia versicolor
- aquilegia vulgaris adenopoda
- aquilegia vulgaris albiflora
- aquilegia vulgaris anemoniflora
- aquilegia vulgaris arbascensis
- aquilegia vulgaris atrata
- aquilegia vulgaris carnica
- aquilegia vulgaris caryophylloides
- aquilegia vulgaris coerulescens
- aquilegia vulgaris corniculata
- aquilegia vulgaris cornuta
- aquilegia vulgaris cyclophylla
- aquilegia vulgaris degener
- aquilegia vulgaris elegans
- aquilegia vulgaris eynensis
- aquilegia vulgaris f. cornuta
- aquilegia vulgaris f. glabella
- aquilegia vulgaris f. haenkeana
- aquilegia vulgaris f. nivea
- aquilegia vulgaris f. plena
- aquilegia vulgaris f. subscapiformis
- aquilegia vulgaris genuina
- aquilegia vulgaris glabella
- aquilegia vulgaris glabra
- aquilegia vulgaris grandiflora
- aquilegia vulgaris haenkeana
- aquilegia vulgaris imbricata
- aquilegia vulgaris incisa
- aquilegia vulgaris inversa
- aquilegia vulgaris kermesiana
- aquilegia vulgaris minor
- aquilegia vulgaris mixta
- aquilegia vulgaris monstr. corniculata
- aquilegia vulgaris monstr. degener
- aquilegia vulgaris monstr. inversa
- aquilegia vulgaris monstr. multifaria
- aquilegia vulgaris monstr. nivea
- aquilegia vulgaris monstr. plena
- aquilegia vulgaris monstr. stellata
- aquilegia vulgaris multifaria
- aquilegia vulgaris multiplicata
- aquilegia vulgaris nemoralis
- aquilegia vulgaris ochroleuca
- aquilegia vulgaris plena
- aquilegia vulgaris praecox
- aquilegia vulgaris pratensis
- aquilegia vulgaris proles arbascensis
- aquilegia vulgaris proles collina
- aquilegia vulgaris proles cyclophylla
- aquilegia vulgaris proles mollis
- aquilegia vulgaris proles nemoralis
- aquilegia vulgaris proles platysepala
- aquilegia vulgaris proles praecox
- aquilegia vulgaris proles ruscinonensis
- aquilegia vulgaris proles subalpina
- aquilegia vulgaris rifiensis
- aquilegia vulgaris speciosa
- aquilegia vulgaris spectabilis
- aquilegia vulgaris stellata
- aquilegia vulgaris subf. nivea
- aquilegia vulgaris subscapiformis
- aquilegia vulgaris subsp. arbascensis
- aquilegia vulgaris subsp. coerulescens
- aquilegia vulgaris subsp. collina
- aquilegia vulgaris subsp. grandiflora
- aquilegia vulgaris subsp. nemoralis
- aquilegia vulgaris subsp. praecox
- aquilegia vulgaris subsp. subalpina
- aquilegia vulgaris subvar. ebneri
- aquilegia vulgaris subvar. grandiflora
- aquilegia vulgaris subvar. platysepala
- aquilegia vulgaris typica
- aquilegia vulgaris var. adenopoda
- aquilegia vulgaris var. albiflora
- aquilegia vulgaris var. arbascensis
- aquilegia vulgaris var. atrata
- aquilegia vulgaris var. carnica
- aquilegia vulgaris var. caryophylloides
- aquilegia vulgaris var. collina
- aquilegia vulgaris var. corniculata
- aquilegia vulgaris var. cyclophylla
- aquilegia vulgaris var. ebneri
- aquilegia vulgaris var. elegans
- aquilegia vulgaris var. eynensis
- aquilegia vulgaris var. glabella
- aquilegia vulgaris var. glabra
- aquilegia vulgaris var. grandiflora
- aquilegia vulgaris var. haenkeana
- aquilegia vulgaris var. kermesiana
- aquilegia vulgaris var. minor
- aquilegia vulgaris var. mollis
- aquilegia vulgaris var. multiplicata
- aquilegia vulgaris var. nemoralis
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
- Species
- Aquilegia vulgaris