Aquilegia alpina (Alpine columbine)

Aquilegia alpina L.

Alpine columbine

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Magnoliidae	Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others
Order	Ranunculales	Basal (evolved earlier) eudicots, also called “true dicots”
Family	Ranunculaceae	Buttercup family
Genus	Aquilegia	From Latin aquila, or “eagle,” for the flower’s resemblence to an eagle’s claw
Species	alpina

About plant names...

Alpine columbines are natives of the Swiss Alps and the northern Apennines. They are not found in the wild in North America.

Identification: Plants are up to 30" (76 cm) high. Bluish-green rounded leaves, about 1½" (3.8 cm) in size, are deeply divided into many rounded lobes, somewhat fernlike in appearance. Blue (sometimes blue and white) flowers are nodding (hanging downward).