Columbine must be obtained; only persistence leads to victory

Columbine is a species in the genus Aquilegia, family Ranunculaceae. Native to Europe and North America. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with a thick, cylindrical root up to 1.5 cm in diameter, simple or with a few branches, and dark brown outer skin. Root leaves, with a glossy leaf surface and downy hairs on the underside, blooming in June and July, usually deep blue-purple or white, with yellow anthers, used medicinally.

Grows at altitudes of 200-2300 m on mountain roadsides, by rivers, or in moist grasslands. Distributed in Northeast China, North China, and Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and other places. Also distributed in the Russian Far East.

Columbine

Root thick, cylindrical, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, simple or with a few branches, outer skin dark brown. Stem 15-50 cm tall, often branched in the upper part, densely covered with glandular hairs in addition to soft hairs. Basal leaves few, biternate compound leaves; leaf blade 4-10 cm wide, central leaflet with a 1-6 mm short stalk, cuneate-obovate, 1.5-3 cm long, nearly equal in width or wider, upper part three-lobed, lobes often with 2-3 rounded teeth, surface green, hairless, underside light green to powdery green, covered with short soft hairs or nearly hairless; petiole up to 18 cm long, sparsely covered with soft hairs or hairless, with a sheath at the base. Stem leaves several, once or twice ternate compound leaves, gradually smaller upward.

Columbine

Flowers 3-7, inclined or slightly drooping; bracts three-parted; pedicel 2-7 cm long; sepals yellow-green, long elliptic-ovate, 1.2-1.5 cm long, 6-8 mm wide, apex slightly blunt, sparsely covered with soft hairs; petal blades same color as sepals, upright, obovate, slightly longer or shorter than sepals, apex nearly truncate, spur straight or slightly curved, 1.2-1.8 cm long; stamens up to 2 cm long, extending beyond the flower, anthers long elliptic, yellow; staminodes white membranous, linear-long elliptic, 7-8 mm long; carpels densely covered with spreading glandular soft hairs, style longer than or equal to ovary. Follicles 1.5 cm long; seeds black, narrowly obovate, about 2 mm long, with slightly raised longitudinal ridges. Blooms from May to July, fruits from July to August.

Columbine

This species has a delicate, charming flower form and bright flower colors, with strong adaptability, suitable for planting in patches on lawns and under dense forests. It is also suitable as ground cover in moist places such as lowlands and stream sides. Naturalistic planting, flower borders, flower beds, rock gardens. An excellent garden flower, with unusual leaves and beautiful flowers, suitable for arranging flower beds, flower paths, etc., and the flowering branches can be used as cut flowers.