Aquilegia glandulosa

Aquilegia glandulosa, the Altai columbine[2] or Siberian columbine,[3] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to northern and central Asia.

[4] The species is very similar to Aquilegia flabellata, the fan columbine, differing in having pubescent pistils and strongly hooked incurved spurs.

[5] The specific epithet glandulosa means "glandular, having glands" in Latin.

[citation needed] The species is native to north-central Asia, including Russia (Altai, Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha Republic, Tuva, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and Zabaykalsky Krai), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, India (Jammu and Kashmir), and China (Xinjiang).

[1][6] It grows in alpine meadows, and more rarely in forest zones, along stream-banks and on rocks,[7] at altitudes of 1,900–2,700 m (6,200–8,900 ft).

An aquilegia in flower in a rocky environment, with blue petals fading to white at the edges
Bicoloured petals