Aquilegia glandulosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aquilegia |
| Species: | A. glandulosa
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Aquilegia glandulosa, the Altai columbine[3] or Siberian columbine,[4] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to northern and central Asia.[2]
Description
[edit]Aquilegia glandulosa is a compact species, growing to only 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in). Its basal leaves are narrow, blue-green, and biternate. The flowers measure 6–9 cm (2.4–3.5 in) in diameter and have blue sepals and white or blue petals with nectar spurs of 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in).[5] The species is very similar to Aquilegia flabellata, the fan columbine, differing in having pubescent pistils and strongly hooked incurved spurs.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Aquilegia glandulosa appears to be most closely related to Aquilegia sibirica, also known as the Siberian columbine, from which it probably diverged in the mid-Pleistocene.[6]
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet glandulosa means "glandular, having glands" in Latin.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species is native to north-central Asia, including Russia (Altai, Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha Republic, Tuva, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and Zabaykalsky Krai), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, India (Jammu and Kashmir), and China (Xinjiang).[2][7] It grows in alpine meadows, and more rarely in forest zones, along stream-banks and on rocks,[8] at altitudes of 1,900–2,700 m (6,200–8,900 ft).[5]
Ecology
[edit]Aquilegia glandulosa flowers between June and August.[5]
Conservation
[edit]The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aquilegia - genus". IUCN Red List. 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Aquilegia glandulosa Fisch. ex Link". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Aquilegia glandulosa". iNaturalist. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Aquilegia glandulosa". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Aquilegia glandulosa". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Fior, Simone; Li, Mingai; Oxelman, Bengt; Viola, Roberto; Hodges, Scott A.; Ometto, Lino; Varotto, Claudio (2013). "Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the Aquilegia rapid radiation through next-generation sequencing of rapidly evolving cpDNA regions". New Phytologist. 198 (2): 579–592. doi:10.1111/nph.12163. PMID 23379348.
- ^ "Aquilegia glandulosa Fisch". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Shulkina, Tatyana. "Aquilegia glandulosa". Ornamental Plants from Russia and Adjacent States of the Former Soviet Union – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
External links
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Media related to Aquilegia glandulosa at Wikimedia Commons
