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Species of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aquilegia × hybrida is a hybrid species of columbine, the result of a cross between Aquilegia vulgaris and Aquilegia canadensis.[1]
| Aquilegia × hybrida | |
|---|---|
| |
| Flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aquilegia |
| Species: | A. × hybrida |
| Binomial name | |
| Aquilegia × hybrida | |
Aquilegia × hybrida often has bicoloured flowers with blue or purple sepals and white petals, but can also be all-blue or all-white[1] or many other colours.[2][3] It grows to between 30cm and 90cm,[2] and is a hardy perennial flowering in May and June.[1]
Aquilegia × hybrida was first identified by the botanist John Sims in 1809 from examples sent from Brompton, now part of London. Sims was uncertain whether the plant was a hybrid or a species in its own right, noting that its similarity to Siberian examples of Aquilegia vulgaris at Kew Gardens might mean the latter, but also noting the variation between bicoloured and single-coloured form suggested hybridity.[1]
Varieties of Aquilegia × hybrida are very popular garden plants and widely grown commercially. Notable cultivars include:[3]
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