Aquilegia champagnatii

Aquilegia champagnatii is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Italy.

[2] Aquilegia champagnatii grows to 30–40 cm (12–16 in) tall and has large, nodding, pale blue flowers with curved spurs.

[3] The specific epithet champagnatii honours the French Catholic priest Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers of whom Benito Moraldo (1938–2023), who described the species, was a member.

[5] The species is endemic to the Monti Picentini and Monte Faito[5] in Campania in southern Italy, where it was first identified on the mountain Terminio.

[5] Aquilegia champagnatii flowers in late July, and grows in a plant community also including Gentiana lutea, Achillea barrelieri subsp.