Aquilegia elegantula |
Aquilegia longissima |
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shooting-star columbine, western red columbine |
long-spur columbine |
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Stems | 10-60 cm. |
25-90 cm. |
Basal leaves | 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. |
3x-ternately compound, 20-45 cm, usually shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 20-40 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 28-82 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or sometimes pilose. |
Flowers | 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. |
erect; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, pale yellow, lanceolate, 25-40 × 6-11 mm, apex narrowly acute or acuminate; petals: spurs pale yellow, straight, ± parallel, 72-180 mm, very slender, evenly tapered from base, blades pale yellow, spatulate, 15-30 × 7-11 mm; stamens 20-33 mm. |
Follicles | 13-20 mm; beak 13-15 mm. |
24-31 mm; beak 16-26 mm. |
Aquilegia elegantula |
Aquilegia longissima |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). | Flowering summer (Jul–Sep). |
Habitat | Moist coniferous forests, especially along streams | Near streams or in damp rocky places in canyons |
Elevation | 1500-3500 m (4900-11500 ft) | 1370-1520 m (4500-5000 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; n Mexico
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AZ; TX; ne Mexico |
Discussion | R. B. Miller (1985) suggested that Arizona reports of Aquilegia longissima are based on "unusually long-spurred individuals of A. chrysantha," but it is not clear on what characters he based his interpretation. Specimens from Arizona's Baboquivari Mountains have spurs 8-10 cm long, far outside the range of A. chrysantha, and seem correctly identified as A. longissima. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia | Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 4: 14-15. (1899) | A. Gray ex S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 317-318. (1882) |
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