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Aquilegia hispanica
Aquilegia hispanica is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Iberian peninsula.
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Description
Aquilegia hispanica is a perennial herbaceous plant similar in appearance to Aquilegia vulgaris. It has a slender stature with stems that are downy from the base and slightly sticky branches and leaf stalks. The leaves are densely velvety on the upper side, and smooth and greyish underneath. The flowers are violet-blue, smaller than those of A. vulgaris, with a slightly hooked nectar spur.
Range & habitat
Aquilegia hispanica is native to the north and west of the central Iberian peninsula, in both Portugal and Spain. It grows in meadows, forests, and woods in shaded rocky places, in mountainous and subalpine areas.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
Aquilegia hispanica flowers in May and June. It is a characteristic part of the ground layer in deciduous Quercus pyrenaica (Pyrenean oak) forests, growing alongside other forest herbs such as Arenaria montana (mountain sandwort), the birthwort Aristolochia paucinervis, Luzula forsteri (southern wood-rush), Primula veris subsp. canescens (cowslip), and Veronica officinalis (heath speedwell).
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
In human culture
The specific epithet hispanica means "from Spain, Spanish, Hispanic" in Latin, referring to its native range.
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 705699.