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{{short description|European species of columbine}}
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| image = Aquilegia aurea at Bistrishko Branishte reserve.jpg
| genus = Aquilegia
| species = aurea
| authority = Janka
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'''''Aquilegia aurea''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Biology:Ranunculaceae|Ranunculaceae]] native to Bulgaria and North Macedonia, where it is restricted to mountainous regions. In Bulgaria it grows in [[Earth:Vitosha|Vitosha]], Rila, Pirin and the western Rhodope Mountains.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:708807-1|title=Plants of the World Online, Aquilegia aurea|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="agr">{{cite web|url=https://botanica.gallery/plantkeybg/app.html|title=К. Stoyanov, Tsv. Raycheva, I. Cheshmedzhiev, Checklist of Native and Invasive Plants of Bulgaria. Aquilegia aurea|publisher=Academic Press of Agricultural University of Plovdiv|access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> 

''Aquilegia aurea'' is herbaceous perennial plant growing in rocky [[Earth:Alpine tundra|Alpine meadow]]s at altitudes of 1,800–2,300&nbsp;m. It has light greenish yellow campanulate flowers and blooms in June and July.<ref name="agr"/>

== Citations ==
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== References ==
* {{cite book | title = Flora Europaea. Volume 1: Psilotaceae to Platanaceae
 | last1 = Tutin
 | first1 = T.G.
 | last2 = Burges
 | first2 = N.A.
 | last3 = Chater
 | first3 = A.O.
 | last4 = Edmondson
 | first4 = J.R.
 | last5 = Heywood
 | first5 = V.H.
 | last6 = Moore
 | first6 = D.M.
 | last7 = Valentine
 | first7 = D.H.
 | last8 = Walters
 | first8 = S.M.
 | last9 = Webb
 | first9 = D.A.
 | year = 1993
 | language = en
 | publisher = Cambridge University Press
 | isbn = 0-521-41007-X
 }}
* {{cite book | title = World Checklist of Seed Plants 1
 | last = Govaerts
 | first = R.H.A.
 | year = 1995
 | language = en
 | publisher = MIM, Deurne
 | isbn = 90-341-0852-X
 }}

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