Aquilegia japonica Nakai & Hara

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 15--40 cm tall, sparsely spreading pubescent, unbranched or apically branched. Leaves basal, few, 2-ternate; petiole 3.9--19 cm; leaf blade abaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrous, adaxially glabrous; lateral leaflets obliquely flabellate to obovate; central leaflet broadly obovate to flabellate, 0.9--2.4 × 1.3--3.3 cm, 3-lobed and segments with 2 or 3 obtuse teeth. Inflorescences 1--3-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, 4--7 mm, 1--3-lobed. Flowers 3.5--4.2 cm in diam. Pedicel 1--2.5 cm. Sepals spreading, bluish purple, elliptic-obovate, 1.5--2.5 × 0.7--1.5 cm, apex obtuse to subrounded. Petals yellowish white or white, suberect, broadly oblong, 0.7--1.2 cm, apex obtuse; spur purple, 1--1.6 cm, apically incurved into a hook. Stamens as long as petals; anthers yellow or grayish, broadly ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm. Staminodes white, ca. 8 mm. Pistils 5, glabrous; ovary ca. 6 mm. Follicles 1.5--2.5 cm; persistent styles ca. 5 mm. Fl. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.45
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Aquilegia japonica world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:708921-1
WFO ID wfo-0000541393
COL ID FZSD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aquilegia japonica