Aquilegia laramiensis |
Aquilegia micrantha |
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Laramie columbine |
alcove columbine, Mancos columbine |
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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. |
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Aquilegia laramiensis |
Aquilegia micrantha |
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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 |
WY
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia | Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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