Aquilegia viridiflora

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.[1] 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]

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[1]
  • Aquilegia buriatica Peschkova
  • Aquilegia canadensis Pall.[lower-roman 1]
  • Aquilegia elata Ledeb.
  • Aquilegia flava Lam.
  • Aquilegia hybrida Sims
  • Aquilegia lutea Lam.

There are two named varieties:[11]

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.[2] This name was misapplied to A. viridiflora.[3]
  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 viridiflora Pall". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  2. "Aquilegia canadensis L." Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. "Aquilegia viridiflora Pall". The Plant List (Version 1.1). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  4. "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. 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.

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