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Aquilegia
alpina |
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Alpine Columbine |
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Switzerland -
Northern Europe |
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18-30 inches tall |
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Nearly
solid blue flower with short, hooked spurs |
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Leaves
are deeply divided into narrow lobes |
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Serpentine and blotch leaf miners often disfigure the
leaves of columbine with their mines. Hand-picking or
spraying with insecticides when the mines are first seen
holds them in check. Columbine aphid and the
caterpillars of a skipper butterfly are occasional pests. |
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var. alba - White flowers
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var. superba - Similar to the species but more vigorous
and larger than the species
- 'Hensol Harebell' - Deep blue flowers, 3 feet tall. It is a
hybrid of A. alpina x
A. vulgaris.
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