10.60507/FK2/GKLMOGVieira Salgado de Oliveira, Julie AnneJulie AnneVieira Salgado de Oliveira0000-0001-9930-6373University of BonnFriedhoff, RonjaRonjaFriedhoff0009-0002-0270-4661TU BraunschweigKatharina WolffKatharinaWolff0000-0002-3616-0482University of BonnPucker, BoasBoasPucker0000-0002-3321-7471University of Bonnbonndata2026Medicine, Health and Life SciencesBoas PuckerUniversity of Bonn2026-01-142026-01-2010.1101/2024.12.16.628782727252361812398987949124671465292817691707594872111536447849407473017715878application/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gzipapplication/gziptext/plain1.0CC BY 4.0Here we present high-quality genome sequences and annotations of Aquilegia vulgaris (commonly known as columbine), a widespread ornamental plant renowned for its extensive flower color variation. The study uncovers the flavonoid biosynthesis gene repertoire underlying anthocyanin pigmentation in this species. Using ONT long-read sequencing data, highly continuous genome assemblies were generated for both a purple-flowering and a white-flowering A. vulgaris. This data publication contains the genome sequences with corresponding structural annotations.German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI) and ELIXIR-DEForschungszentrum Jülich and W-de.NBI-001, W-de.NBI-004, W-de.NBI-008, W-de.NBI-010, W-de.NBI-013, W-de.NBI-014, W-de.NBI-016, W-de.NBI-022