Aquilegia alpina, 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.
Aquilegia alpina grows to high, with 1–3 (occasionally up to 5) flowers per stem. The flowers are bright light blue to blue-purple, measuring across. The spur at the tip of the flower is straight or only slightly curved, and is the longest of the Eurasian species of Aquilegia at .
The species is native to subalpine regions of France, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy, at altitudes from, typically in rocky areas and stony pastures with carbonate bedrock.
Aquilegia alpina flowers from July to September, and is pollinated by bees. It is known to be attacked by the gall midge species Macrolabis aquilegiae.
, the IUCN Red List listed Aquilegia alpina as Least Concern (LC). This status was last reviewed on . In Switzerland, it is listed as fully protected in the Bern, Glarus, Grisons, Obwalden, Ticino, and Uri cantons.