From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aquilegia viridiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species:
A. viridiflora
Binomial name
Aquilegia viridiflora
Synonyms [3]
  • Aquilegia buriatica Peschkova
  • Aquilegia canadensis Pall. [i]
  • Aquilegia elata Ledeb.
  • Aquilegia flava Lam.
  • Aquilegia hybrida Sims
  • Aquilegia lutea Lam.

Aquilegia viridiflora, commonly known as the green columbine [4] or green-flowered columbine, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family. [6] Its native range is southern Siberia to northern China, and Japan. [3] It is an herbaceous perennial, [7] and grows 15 cm to 50 cm tall, [8] with a maximum spread of approximately 30 cm. [4] Although it is grown as an ornamental, [9] it may be considered a weed. [10]

There are two named varieties: [11]

  • A. viridiflora var. atropurpurea ( Willd.) Finet & Gagnep. [12] ( syn. A. atropurpurea Willd.; [13] A. dahurica Patrin), [14] which is native to China, [ii] Mongolia, and Siberia. [15] It has purple flowers.
  • A. viridiflora var. viridiflora, [iii] which is native to China, [iv] Japan, Mongolia, and Siberia. It has yellow-green flowers.

A. viridiflora 'Chocolate Soldier' is a cultivar with chocolate-brown flowers. [17] It grows up to 30 cm tall. [18]

Notes

  1. ^ Not to be confused with Aquilegia canadensis L., which is a different species of Aquilegia. [1] This name was misapplied to A. viridiflora. [2]
  2. ^ A. viridiflora var. atropurpurea is native to the following Chinese provinces: Hebei, southern Liaoning, Nei Mongol, eastern Qinghai, southern Shandong, and Shanxi. [11]
  3. ^ Other sources consider A. viridiflora var. viridiflora to be a synonym of A. viridiflora rather than a variety thereof. [16]
  4. ^ A. viridiflora var. viridiflora is native to the following Chinese provinces: Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Shanxi. [11]

References

  1. ^ "Aquilegia canadensis L." Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  2. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora Pall". The Plant List (Version 1.1). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. ^ a b "Aquilegia viridiflora Pall". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  4. ^ a b "Aquilegia viridiflora (Columbine, Green Columbine)". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  5. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora | green-flowered columbine". rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  6. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Aquilegia viridiflora)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  7. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  8. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora Pall". www.worldfloraonline.org. 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  9. ^ "10 aquilegias to grow". BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  10. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora information from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW)". hear.its.hawaii.edu. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  11. ^ a b c Dezhi, Fu; Robinson, Orbélia R. 19. AQUILEGIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 533. 1753. Flora of China 6: 278–281. 2001.
  12. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Aquilegia viridiflora var. atropurpurea)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  13. ^ "Aquilegia atropurpurea Willd". Hortus Camdenensis. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  14. ^ "Aquilegia dahurica Patrin". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  15. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora var. atropurpurea". rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  16. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora var. viridiflora". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  17. ^ "Aquilegia viridiflora 'Chocolate Soldier'". BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  18. ^ "Chocolate plants - in pictures". The Guardian. 2012-04-06. ISSN  0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

Bibliography