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COLUMBINE , an erect perennial herbaceous plant known botanically as Aquilegia vulgaris (natural See also: order See also: Ranunculaceae)
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In Med
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Latin it was known as Columbina sc. herba, the dove's plant
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The slender See also: stem bears delicate, long-stalked, deeply divided leaves with blunt segments, and a loose panicle of handsome drooping blue or See also: white
See also: flowers, which are characterized by having all the five petals spurred
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The plant occurs See also: wild in woods and thickets in See also: England and See also: Ireland, and flowers in early summer
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It is well known in cultivation as a favourite spring flower, in many varieties, some of which have red flowers
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