Aquilegia elegantula |
Aquilegia shockleyi |
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shooting-star columbine, western red columbine |
desert columbine |
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Stems | 10-60 cm. |
40-100 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. |
2-3x-ternately compound, 9-45 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets to 11-38 mm, sometimes viscid, glaucous on both surfaces; primary petiolules 23-80 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or 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. |
nodding; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, red (or sometimes partly yellow or green), lanceolate to elliptic, 10-20 × 4-8 mm, apex acuminate or acute; petals: spurs red or pink, straight, ± parallel, 12-25(-30) mm, rather stout, usually abruptly narrowed near middle, blades yellow, oblong or rounded, 2-5 × 4-7 mm; stamens 12-16 mm. |
Follicles | 13-20 mm; beak 13-15 mm. |
14-25 mm; beak 9-12 mm. |
Aquilegia elegantula |
Aquilegia shockleyi |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul). | Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug). |
Habitat | Moist coniferous forests, especially along streams | Moist places in dry woodlands and shrublands |
Elevation | 1500-3500 m (4900-11500 ft) | 1200-2700 m (3900-8900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; n Mexico
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CA; NV |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia | Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. formosa var. caelifax, A. mohavensis | |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 4: 14-15. (1899) | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 193-194. (1905) |
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