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Aquilegia bertolonii
Aquilegia bertolonii, common name Bertoloni columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Southern France and Italy. Growing to 30 cm (12 in) in height, it is an alpine herbaceous perennial. In early summer each erect stem produces up to four spurred, blue-purple flowers.
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Description
This is a dwarf species, growing to 30 cm (12 in) in height. In early summer each erect stem produces up to four spurred, blue-purple flowers.
Range & habitat
Aquilegia bertolonii is native to the northwestern Apennine Mountains in Italy, also being found in southern France and three disjunct areas in the Slovenian Alps. It grows on cliffs or limestone areas, steep slopes, rocky areas, stabilised screes and woodlands.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
How it is grown
In cultivation this dwarf columbine is a useful subject for the rockery or alpine garden. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
In human culture
The specific name bertolonii honours the Italian botanist Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869). When first describing this species, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott noted that Bertoloni had classified a specimen as Aquilegia pyrenaica, but Schott considered this specimen to be too different for the identification to hold, instead describing it as a new species with Bertoloni's name.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 189375.