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Alpine species of columbine
Aquilegia einseleana
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Flower
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Order:
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Ranunculales
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Family:
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Ranunculaceae
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Genus:
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Aquilegia
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Species:
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A. einseleana
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Binomial name
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Aquilegia einseleana
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Synonyms
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- Aquilegia facchinii Schott ex Arcang.
- Aquilegia pyrenaica var. einseleana (F.W.Schultz) F.W.Schultz
- Aquilegia vulgaris var. einseleana (F.W.Schultz) Brühl
- Aquilegia bauhini Schott
- Aquilegia bauhini subsp. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Nyman
- Aquilegia bauhini var. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) F.W.Schultz ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
- Aquilegia einseleana var. bauhini (Schott) Rapaics
- Aquilegia einseleana f. intercedens Pamp.
- Aquilegia einseleana subf. longiuscula F.Beer ex Dalla Torre
- Aquilegia einseleana var. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Rapaics
- Aquilegia einseleana f. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Skalińska
- Aquilegia facchinii var. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) F.W.Schultz ex Arcang.
- Aquilegia pyrenaica W.D.J.Koch
- Aquilegia pyrenaica f. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Fiori
- Aquilegia pyrenaica var. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Fiori & Paol.
- Aquilegia thalictrifolia Schott & Kotschy
- Aquilegia thalictrifolia f. cimarollii Pamp.
- Aquilegia thalictrifolia f. intercedens (Pamp.) F.Beer ex Dalla Torre
- Aquilegia thalictrifolia f. intermedia Pamp.
- Aquilegia vestinae Pfenn. & D.M.Moser
- Aquilegia viscosa Rchb.
- Aquilegia vulgaris var. thalictrifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Brühl
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Aquilegia einseleana, or Einsele's columbine, is a
perennial species of
plant in the family
Ranunculaceae,
endemic to the central and eastern
Alps of
Slovenia and small areas of
Germany,
Austria, and
Italy.
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Description
Aquilegia einseleana grows to 45cm.
[3] It has blue-violet flowers which appear from May to September.
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Taxonomy
The species was described by the German botanist
Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804–1876) in
1848, and named after his friend Dr.
August Max Einsele [
de] (1803–1870), a
Bavarian physician and botanist.
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Distribution and habitat
Einsele's columbine grows in grassy and rocky
limestone areas
[3] at altitudes between 600m and 1800m.
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