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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aquilegia |
| Species: | A. hispanica |
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| Aquilegia hispanica (Willk.) Borbás | |
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Aquilegia hispanica is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Iberian peninsula.
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.
Taxonomy
Aquilegia hispanica was originally described as a variety hispanica of Aquilegia vulgaris by the German botanist Heinrich Moritz Willkomm in 1880. It was reassessed as a distinct species by the Hungarian botanist Vincze von Borbás in 1882, and is now generally accepted as such, despite Vernon Heywood's assessment of it in 1961 as a subspecies hispanica of A. vulgaris.
Etymology
The specific epithet hispanica means "from Spain, Spanish, Hispanic" in Latin, referring to its native range.
Distribution and 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.
Conservation
As of January 2025, the species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List.
Ecology
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
- ^ "Aquilegia hispanica (Willk.) Borbás". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Willkomm, Heinrich Moritz; Lange, Johan (1880). Prodromus florae hispanicae. Vol. III. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. pp. 965–966. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- Gledhill, David (2006). The names of plants (4th. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521866456. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- "Aquilegia - genus". IUCN Red List. 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- Gavilán, Rosario G.; Vilches, Beatriz; Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba; Blanquer, José Manuel; Escudero, Adrián (2018). "5: Sclerophyllous Versus Deciduous Forests in the Iberian Peninsula: A Standard Case of Mediterranean Climatic Vegetation Distribution". In Greller, Andrew M.; Fujiwara, Kazue; Pedrotti, Franco (eds.). Geographical Changes in Vegetation and Plant Functional Types. Springer. p. 110. ISBN 9783319687384. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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