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Columbine
Any of a group of plants belonging to the buttercup family. All are perennial herbs with divided leaves and hanging flower heads with spurred petals. (Genus Aquilegia, family Ranunculaceae.)
The wild columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris), with blue flowers, has been developed by repeated crossing to produce modern garden species (A. x hybrida), with larger flowers and a wider range of colours. The eastern columbine (A. canadensis), with red flowers, is native to eastern North America.
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