Aquilegia viridiflora Pall.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 15--50 cm tall, pubescent or densely glandular hairy, often apically branched. Basal leaves few, 2-ternate; petiole to 18 cm; leaf blade abaxially pubescent to subglabrous, adaxially glabrous; lateral leaflets obliquely obovate, unequally 2-lobed; central leaflet broadly obovate, 1.5--4 × 1--5 cm, 3-lobed and segments with 2 or 3 obtuse teeth. Stem leaves several. Inflorescences cymose, 3--7-flowered; bracts 3-sect. Flowers pendulous, 1.6--2 cm in diam. Pedicel 2--7 cm. Sepals elliptic-ovate, 0.7--1.5 × 0.4--0.8 cm. Petals erect, obovate, nearly as long as sepals, apex subtruncate; spur 1.2--1.8 cm, straight or apically slightly incurved. Stamens to 2 cm, exserted; anthers yellow, narrowly ellipsoid. Staminodes narrowly lanceolate, 7--8 mm. Pistils 5, densely glandular hairy. Style as long as ovary or longer. Follicles ca. 1.5 cm; persistent styles 7--12 mm. Seeds ca. 2 mm, conspicuously striate. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Jul--Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 14
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Aquilegia viridiflora unspecified picture

Distribution

Aquilegia viridiflora world distribution map, present in China, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:709047-1
WFO ID wfo-0000541598
COL ID FZVQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aquilegia flava Aquilegia lutea Aquilegia viridiflora Aquilegia elata Aquilegia buriatica Aquilegia hybrida Aquilegia viridiflora var. viridiflora

Lower taxons

Aquilegia viridiflora var. atropurpurea