Ranunculaceae
Dark columbine
Aquilegia atrata
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 紫黑耧斗菜
- Czech
- Orlíček černofialový
- Dutch
- Donkere akelei
- English
- Dark columbine
- Finnish
- Sysiakileija
- French
- Ancolie noirâtre, Ancolie noiratre
- German
- Schwarzviolette Akelei
- Slovenian
- Črnikastovijolična orlica
Synonyms
- Aquilegia atrata var. cyanescens (Borbás ex Hegi) Munz
- Aquilegia atrata var. major Erdner
- Aquilegia atrata var. minor Erdner
- Aquilegia atrata var. salvatoriana (Chenev.) Munz
- Aquilegia atroviolacea Beck
- Aquilegia atroviolacea var. cyanescens Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. atrata (Koch) Gaudin
- Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. atroviolacea (Av-Lall.) Rapaics
- Aquilegia vulgaris var. atrata (Koch) Gren.
- Aquilegia vulgaris var. atroviolacea Avé-Lall.
- Aquilegia vulgaris var. cyanescens Borbás ex Hegi
- Aquilegia vulgaris var. salvatoriana Chenev.
- Aquilegia vulgaris var. salvatoriana (Chenev.) Schinz
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 777 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Céline, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harald Süpfle, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: monkeyjodey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Nuragica columbineAquilegia nuragicaRanunculaceae
- Aquilegia einseleanaRanunculaceae
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- Barbaricina colombineAquilegia barbaricinaRanunculaceae
- Golden columbineAquilegia chrysanthaRanunculaceae
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.