English: Common Columbine
Nederlands: Wilde akelei
Español: Aguileña común
Français: Ancolie commune
Deutsch: Gemeine Akelei - Gewöhnliche Akelei - Wald-Akelei
Family: Ranunculaceae-Buttercup family
Flowering time: May-July
Height: 45-60cm
Altitude: to 2000m
Colour: purple blue, violet, rarely white
Habitat: open woods, shaded grassland, banks, dunes
Distribution: throughout Europe except in the extreme north
Notes: In the Netherlands where the Common Columbine is frecuently cultivated in gardens, it is no longer possible to make a distinction between native and naturalized populations. It hybridizes with other species.
Related key words: Voornes Duin, bijgoed stinsenflora