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Chaplin's golden columbine

shooting-star columbine, western red columbine

Stems

20-50 cm.

10-60 cm.

Basal leaves

2-3x-ternately compound, 7-25 cm, much shorter than stems;

leaflets to 9-19 mm, not viscid, sometimes glaucous adaxially;

primary petiolules to 10-95 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or sparsely pilose.

2x-ternately compound, 15-30 cm, usually shorter than stems;

leaflets green adaxially, to 11-33 mm, not viscid;

primary petiolules 17-58 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or pilose.

Flowers

suberect to inclined;

sepals perpendicular to floral axis, pale yellow, broadly lanceolate, 9-19 × 4-6 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate;

petals: spurs yellow, straight, ± parallel or divergent, 30-40 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base, blades pale yellow, oblong, 7-14 × 5-6 mm;

stamens 10-19 mm.

pendent;

sepals erect, red proximally, yellow-green distally, elliptic-ovate, 7-11 × 4-5 mm, apex rounded to acute;

petals: spurs red, straight, ± parallel, 16-23 mm, stout (at least proximally), abruptly narrowed near middle, blades yellow-green, oblong or rounded, 6-8 × 3-4 mm;

stamens 8-14 mm.

Follicles

18-22 mm;

beak 15-18 mm.

13-20 mm;

beak 13-15 mm.

Aquilegia chaplinei

Aquilegia elegantula

Phenology Flowering summer (Jul–Aug). Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
Habitat Rocky places in canyons, mostly along streams Moist coniferous forests, especially along streams
Elevation 1900 m (6200 ft) 1500-3500 m (4900-11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX
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from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT; n Mexico
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Aquilegia chaplinei is endemic to the Guadalupe Mountains.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia
Sibling taxa
A. barnebyi, A. brevistyla, A. canadensis, A. chrysantha, A. coerulea, A. desertorum, A. elegantula, A. eximia, A. flavescens, A. formosa, A. hinckleyana, A. jonesii, A. laramiensis, A. longissima, A. micrantha, A. pubescens, A. saximontana, A. scopulorum, A. shockleyi, A. vulgaris
A. barnebyi, A. brevistyla, A. canadensis, A. chaplinei, A. chrysantha, A. coerulea, A. desertorum, A. eximia, A. flavescens, A. formosa, A. hinckleyana, A. jonesii, A. laramiensis, A. longissima, A. micrantha, A. pubescens, A. saximontana, A. scopulorum, A. shockleyi, A. vulgaris
Synonyms A. chrysantha var. chaplinei
Name authority Standley ex Payson: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 156-157. (1918) Greene: Pittonia 4: 14-15. (1899)
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