Aquilegia cymosa is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to Pakistan.
Description.
"Aquilegia cymosa" is a perennial herb growing to tall. It has hairy stems and smooth, biternate basal leaves. It produces two or sometimes more red or blue-purple flowers, with pointed sepals measuring 7–12 mm and nectar spurs 4–7 mm in length.
Taxonomy.
The species was described in 1978 (published 1979) by the Pakistani botanists Rizwana Aleem Qureshi (born 1950) and Mohammad Nazeer Chaudhri (1932–2010). It may be identical to "Aquilegia pubiflora" var. "mussooriensis", as the descriptions differ only in the length of the petals.
Etymology.
The specific epithet "cymosa" means "having flowers borne in a cyme".
Distribution and habitat.
"Aquilegia cymosa" is endemic to Pakistan, growing in sunny rock crevices at altitudes of .
Conservation.
, the species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List.
Ecology.
"Aquilegia cymosa" flowers in early summer.