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Einsel's Columbine
Aquilegia einseleana
Aquilegia einseleana, or Einsele's columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the eastern Alps.
From the article Aquilegia einseleana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Aquilegia einseleana grows to 15–40 cm (5.9–15.7 in) in height. It has 1–3 (rarely up to 6) nodding blue-violet flowers of 2.5–4.0 cm (0.98–1.57 in) in diameter, with straight or slightly incurved spurs of around 9 mm (0.35 in).
Range & habitat
Aquilegia einseleana is native to the central and eastern Alps of Slovenia, Bavaria in Germany, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and Veneto in Italy, and Austria. It grows in grassy and rocky limestone areas at altitudes of 600–1,800 m (2,000–5,900 ft), in the montane to subalpine zones.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The species was described by the German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804–1876) in 1848, and named after his friend Dr. August Max Einsele (1803–1870), a Bavarian physician and botanist.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 418805.