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Laramie columbine

alcove columbine, Mancos columbine

Stems

5-25 cm.

30-60 cm.

Basal leaves

1-2x-ternately compound, 5-25 cm, about as long as stems;

leaflets green adaxially, to 9-27 mm, not viscid;

primary petiolules 17-35 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous.

2-3x-ternately compound, 10-35 cm, much shorter than stems;

leaflets green adaxially, to 13-32 mm, viscid;

primary petiolules 21-64 mm (leaflets not crowded), glandular-pubescent or glandular.

Flowers

nodding;

sepals divergent from floral axis, greenish white, linear or lanceolate, 7-15 × 1-4 mm, apex acute to rounded;

petals: spurs white, hooked, 5-8 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base, blades cream colored, oblong to elliptic, 5-12 × 3-7 mm;

stamens 10-11 mm.

erect or nodding;

sepals perpendicular to floral axis, white, cream, blue, or pink, oblong-lanceolate, 8-20 × 3-6 mm, apex acuminate to obtuse;

petals: spurs white or colored like sepals, straight, ± parallel or divergent, 15-30 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base or occasionally ± abruptly narrowed near middle, blades white or cream, oblong, 6-10 × 3-7 mm;

stamens 9-14 mm.

Follicles

10-14 mm;

beak 3-5 mm.

10-20 mm;

beak 8-10 mm.

2n

= 14.

Aquilegia laramiensis

Aquilegia micrantha

Phenology Flowering summer (Jun–Jul). Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Sep).
Habitat Rock crevices Seepy rock walls of canyons
Elevation 2000-2500 m (6600-8200 ft) 1000-2500 m (3300-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
WY
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from FNA
AZ; CO; UT
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Aquilegia laramiensis is endemic to the Laramie 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. chaplinei, A. chrysantha, A. coerulea, A. desertorum, A. elegantula, A. eximia, A. flavescens, A. formosa, A. hinckleyana, A. jonesii, 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. elegantula, A. eximia, A. flavescens, A. formosa, A. hinckleyana, A. jonesii, A. laramiensis, A. longissima, A. pubescens, A. saximontana, A. scopulorum, A. shockleyi, A. vulgaris
Synonyms A. flavescens var. rubicunda, A. micrantha var. mancosana
Name authority A. Nelson: Wyoming Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 28: 78-79. (1896) Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 4: 559-560, plate 19. (1895)
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