Aquilegia buergeriana

Aquilegia buergeriana

  • Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Flower name
    Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Scientific name
    Aquilegia buergeriana
  • Alias山苧環
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringLow mountains
  • Flowering seasonJune, July, August

What is Aquilegia buergeriana

Aquilegia buergeriana or yama odamaki (cientific name:Aquilegia buergeriana) is a hardy perennial of the family Ranunculaceae native to Japan. It grows wild in gravel and grassland in the mountains of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. In summer, it produces long, slender flower stalks that shoot out from between the 2 times 3 protruding compound leaves and produce yellow five-petaled flowers downward inside a purple-brown calyx. The pistils point upwards and bear seeds in the wake of the calyx and flowers being scattered.

Common name: Aquilegia buergeriana or yama odamaki, scientific name: Aquilegia buergeriana, Distribution: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Environment: Gravelly soil and grassland in the mountains, Stem length: 30-70 cm, root protruding leaves: 2 times 3 protruding compound leaves,
Flowering season: June to August, flower diameter: 3-4 cm, flowers downward; sepals and stamens: violet-brown, number of petals: 5; number of stamens: 5; petal color: yellow; fruit: capsules.


  • Order
    Ranunculales
  • Family
    Ranunculaceae
  • Genus
    Aquilegia
  • Species
    A.buergeriana
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Hedgerow/thallate
  • Leaf type
    Twice 3 times pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
  • Life typeCold hardiness of years grass
  • Flower colors Purple
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height10.0 ~ 25.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.0 ~ 4.0 cm

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