Ranunculaceae

Aquilegia alpina L.

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia

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Aquilegia alpina (Aquilegia alpina) — FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

Arabic: أنقولية ألبية
arz: انقولية البيه
Bulgarian: Алпийска кандилка
Dutch: Alpenakelei
Estonian: Alpi kurekell
Finnish: Alppiakileija
French: Ancolie des Alpes
German: Alpen-Akelei, Alpenakelei
Japanese: アルプスオダマキ
li: Alpenakkelej
Norwegian Bokmål: Alpeakeleie
Russian: Водосбор альпийский, Аквилегия альпийская
Swedish: Alpakleja

Synonyms

Aquilegia alpina f. gracilis Chenev. & Braun-Blanq.
Aquilegia alpina var. minor Rouy & Foucaud
Aquilegia montana Sternb.
Aquilegia reuteriana Rchb.f. ex Nyman
Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. alpina (L.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: aurylaroche, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: gaelle perrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Paolo Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: laurette pampa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.