The blue catchment , or the blue aquilegia ( Latin: Aquilegia caerulea ), is a species of perennial herbaceous plants of the family Ranunculaceae ( Ranunculaceae ).
| Catchment blue |
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| Order : | Ranunculanae Takht. ex Reveal , 1993 |
| Subfamily : | Isopyroideae Schrödinger , 1909 |
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| International scientific name |
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Aquilegia caerulea E.James , 1823 |
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According to Germplasm Resources Information Network [2] :
- Aquilegia coerulea var. alpina
- Aquilegia coerulea var. coerulea
- Aquilegia coerulea var. ochroleuca
- Aquilegia coerulea var. pinetorum
Varieties without spurs [3] :
- Aquilegia coerulea var. daileyae - Colorado (Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park)
- Aquilegia coerulea var. ochroleuca - Utah (Wasatch Plateau) at an altitude of 3260 meters above sea level; white flowers with orange-yellow stamens ; variation is stable in culture.
Forests and meadows from the foothills to the subalpine zone of the mountains of the western United States , from Montana and Idaho to California and New Mexico at altitudes of up to 3550 meters above sea level.
The plant is 60–70 cm high, the stems are branched at the top and form a sprawling bush 40–50 cm across.
The leaves are large, bluish-green, twice triple.
Flowers up to 6 cm in diameter, single or semi-double, sepals pointed, pale bluish-lilac, white petals, spur up to 5 cm long, straight, thin, pale lilac.
Flower under normal and UV light (bottom)
It is applied to rabatok , rock gardens and mixborders . It is used for cutting, in dried form, for dry flower arrangements and panels . Prefers sandy clay and clay soils. It is photophilous, but normally develops in partial shade.
Varieties:
- Aquilegia caerulea 'Alba' and Aquilegia caerulea 'Candidissima' are pure white flowers.
- Aquilegia caerulea 'Citrina' - lemon yellow flowers.
- Aquilegia caerulea 'Suprea' - copper-red flowers.
- Aquilegia caerulea 'Rosea' - red flowers, often double.
- Varietal group Aquilegia caerulea Origami. The bush is 50–55 cm high. The flowers are 7–8 cm long, white, blue, red, pink-white, yellow.
- Varietal group Aquilegia caerulea Music F1. The bush is 100-110 cm high. The flowers are 9-10 cm in diameter, white, yellow, red-yellow, red, pink-white, white-blue. Used for the background of the mixborder [3] .
Flowering begins in May. The duration of flowering is 25-30 days [4] .
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Blue watershed : information on the GRIN website.
- ↑ 1 2 Blue Aquilegia in the Encyclopedia of Ornamental Garden Plants
- ↑ Rychkova Yu.V. Landscaping from A to Z. - Olma-Press Grand, 2006. - P. 8. - ISBN 5-94846-180-7
- Avrorin N.A. Ornamental plants and landscaping of the Far North of the USSR. - Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1962.
- Krotova Z. E., Yarina O.A., Andreev V.N. The introduction of ornamental herbaceous plants in the Far North. Science, Siberian Branch, 1977.