Distribution: Introduced as a garden flower, occasionally escaping.
Habitat: Disturbed soil near gardens.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Introduced
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees
Herbaceous perennial, the stem tall and branching.
Leaves mostly basal, reduced upward; leaf blades triternate, dull green, the leaflets with rounded lobes.
Flowers few, large; nodding; sepals 5, petal-like, oblong-lanceolate, slightly drooping, usually violet, but occasionally white or pink, especially in escapes; petals 5, usually violet, the spur strongly hooked; stamens numerous.
Follicles 5.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 533. 1753. 1753.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Aquilegia vulgaris in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Aquilegia vulgaris checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Aquilegia vulgaris information.
E-Flora BC: Aquilegia vulgaris atlas page.
CalPhotos: Aquilegia vulgaris photos.
USDA Plants: Aquilegia vulgaris information.
