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Aquilegia formosa

red columbine, Sitka columbine
Habit Glandular, glabrous to densely pubescent perennial from a branched to simple woody base, the several stems 1.5-10 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves mostly basal, long-petiolate, the blades triternate;

leaflets thin, obovate with a wedge-shaped base, 2-3 times lobed, glaucous and pubescent beneath, 1.5-5.5 cm. long.
Flowers

Flowers usually several, nodding;

sepals 5, petal-like, pale to deep red, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long;

petals 5, blades yellow, 2-5 mm long, spurs red, straight 10-15 mm. long;

stamens numerous, the inner ones sterile and scale-like.
Fruits

Follicles 5, 2 cm. long, copiously glandular-puberulent.

Aquilegia formosa
Flowering time May-August
Habitat Open woods, from the lowlands to moderate elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest throughout Washington; Alaska to California, coastal and inland to Alberta and Wyoming.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. flavescens, A. flavescens × A. formosa var. formosa, A. vulgaris
Subordinate taxa
A. formosa var. formosa
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