Aquilegia alpina, often called the alpine columbine or breath of God, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the western and central Alps. Though rare in its Swiss, Austrian, and Italian range, it is commonly found in the French Maritime Alps. A. alpina is appreciated for its light blue to blue-purple flowers.

The species has been in cultivation for several centuries, but plants sold as A. alpina are often hybrids with other Aquilegia species or different columbine species entirely. True A. alpina plants possess straight or slightly curved nectar spurs, distinguishing it from other species and hybrids with hooked spurs. At 21.5 mm (0.85 in) long, these spurs are the longest of any Eurasian member of the genus Aquilegia.

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