Ranunculaceae
Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- أنقولية شائعة, اخيليا, حوضية الحدائق, مهماز
- arz
- انقوليه شائعه
- azb
- عادی آکویلژیا
- Azerbaijani
- Adi akvilegiya
- Basque
- Kuku-belar
- Belarusian
- Ворлікі звычайныя
- Breton
- Beskenn-an-Itron-Varia
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена кандилка
- Catalan
- Corniol
- Chinese
- 耧斗菜, 欧耧斗菜
- Croatian
- Obični pakujac
- csb
- Kukùlëca
- Czech
- Orlíček obecný
- Danish
- Almindelig akeleje
- dsb
- Wšedna akelaja
- Dutch
- Wilde akelei
- English
- Columbine, European columbine, Common columbine
- Estonian
- Harilik kurekell
- Finnish
- Lehtoakileija
- French
- Ancolie commune
- frr
- Akelei
- Galician
- Herba dos pitos
- German
- Gemeine Akelei, Gewöhnliche Akelei, Wald-Akelei
- hsb
- Wšědna akelaja, Módry zwónčk, Přećiwne zelo, Worjołčka, Zahrodne zwónčki
- Hungarian
- Közönséges harangláb
- kab
- Agilya
- kw
- Kough damawynn
- Latvian
- Parastā ozolīte
- li
- Wiljen akkelej
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis sinavadas
- Macedonian
- Кандилка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Akeleie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Akeleie
- Polish
- Orlik pospolity
- Russian
- Водосбор обыкновенный, Аквилегия обыкновенная
- Serbian
- Kandilica
- Slovak
- Orlíček obyčajný
- Slovenian
- Navadna orlica
- Spanish
- Aguilena comun, Aguileña común, Clerigos boca abajo, Clérigos boca abajo, Manto real, Palominera, Peliancos
- Swedish
- Akleja, Akvileja
- Ukrainian
- Орлики звичайні
- Welsh
- Troed y golomen, Blodau'r sipsi
Synonyms
- Aquilegia alba Huftelen
- Aquilegia arbascensis Timb.-Lagr.
- Aquilegia bertolonii var. parviflora Huter, Porta & Rigo
- Aquilegia collina Jord.
- Aquilegia corniculata Vill.
- Aquilegia cornuta Gilib.
- Aquilegia cyclophylla Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.
- Aquilegia dumeticola Jord.
- Aquilegia ebneri Zimm.
- Aquilegia ecalcarata Steud.
- Aquilegia eynensis Brühl
- Aquilegia glaucescens Baker
- Aquilegia glaucophylla Steud.
- Aquilegia huteri Borbás
- Aquilegia inversa Mill.
- Aquilegia longisepala Zimmeter
- Aquilegia mollis Jeanb. ex Timb.-Lagr.
- Aquilegia nemoralis Jord.
- Aquilegia nigricans var. ebneri (Zimmeter) Beck
- Aquilegia nivea Baumg. ex Baker
- Aquilegia ochroleuca Baumg. ex Schur
- Aquilegia platysepala Rchb.
- Aquilegia plena hort. ex Steud.
- Aquilegia praecox Jord.
- Aquilegia recticornu Brühl
- Aquilegia ruscinonensis Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb.
- Aquilegia silvestris Neck.
- Aquilegia speciosa Timb.-Lagr.
- Aquilegia stellata hort. ex Steud.
- Aquilegia subalpina Boreau
- Aquilegia sylvestris Schur
- Aquilegia versicolor Salisb.
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. aggericola (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. arbascensis (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. collina (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. cornuta Rapaics
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. cyclophylla (Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. dumeticola (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. mollis (Jeanb. ex Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Aquilegia vulgaris f. nemoralis (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
and 42 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 6,116 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriele Pradelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: cigazze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Александр Краснов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: abumadsen, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.