Aquilegia vulgaris, SE: Akleja, DE: Gemeine Akelei, NL: Wilde akelei,
UK: Common columbine, Granny's nightcap, Granny's bonnet

Scientific name:		Aquilegia vulgaris L.
Swedish name:		Akleja
German name:		Gemeine Akelei
Nederlandse naam:		Wilde akelei
English name:		Common columbine, Granny's nightcap, Granny's bonnet
Hebrew name:		אקוילגיה‮‬
Family:		Ranunculaceae, Buttercup or crowfoot family, Ranunkelväxter

Life form:		Herbaceous perennial
Stems:		Height 30-80cm, erect, branched, thinly hairy stems
Leaves:		Alternate, biternate; each leaf has three groups of three leaflets
Flowers:		Solitary or in bunches, pendant; petals 5, spurred, spur with spiral tip, 1–2 cm long; sepals 5, colourful like petals, numerous stamens; Gynoecium separate, pistils 5
Flowering Period:		June-July
Fruits:		Bristle-tipped, 1.5–2.5 cm long follicle, 5 together; shiny seeds
Habitat:		Roadsides, forest margins close to habitation, stream and ditch banks
Distribution:		Sparingly in almost the entire country

Derivation of the botanical name: Aquilegia, Latin aquila (eagle), Aqua (water), or the city of Aquileia vulgaris, vulgus (Hop, generally), and means ordinary. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.