Aquilegia aurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to Bulgaria and North Macedonia, where it is restricted to mountainous regions. In Bulgaria it grows in Vitosha, Rila, Pirin and the western Rhodope Mountains.[1][2]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Aquilegia |
Species: | A. aurea
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Aquilegia aurea is herbaceous perennial plant growing in rocky Alpine meadows at altitudes of 1,800–2,300 m. It has light greenish yellow campanulate flowers and blooms in June and July.[2]
Citations
edit- ^ "Plants of the World Online, Aquilegia aurea". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ a b "К. Stoyanov, Tsv. Raycheva, I. Cheshmedzhiev, Checklist of Native and Invasive Plants of Bulgaria. Aquilegia aurea". Academic Press of Agricultural University of Plovdiv. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
References
edit- Tutin, T.G.; Burges, N.A.; Chater, A.O.; Edmondson, J.R.; Heywood, V.H.; Moore, D.M.; Valentine, D.H.; Walters, S.M.; Webb, D.A. (1993). Flora Europaea. Volume 1: Psilotaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-41007-X.
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X.