Aquilegia L.
Perennial herbs, dying back to a woody rootstock. Lvs basal and usually cauline also, 1-2-ternate; segments ovate to flabellate, crenate. Fls ⚥, solitary or in cymose panicles; involucre 0. Sepals 5, > petals, blue, violet, yellow, or red, sometimes white. Petals 5, all spurred; spurs protruding between bases of sepals. Stamens and staminodes many. Carpels free, each with several ovules; styles long. Follicles several, free.
70 spp., N. temperate, some on tropical mountains in Mexico and N. Africa. Naturalised sp. 1.
