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Aquilegia aurea

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Height 10-40cm. Basal leaves biternate, leaflets bi- or trifid. Flowers semi-erect, 2.5-3.5cm long, 3-4cm wide, spur 1.3-1.5cm long, hooked, generally a uniform deep yellow in colour. Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in montane woods. Said to come true from garden seed.