Aquilegia brevistyla Hook.

Stems 20-80 cm. Basal leaves 2×-ternately compound, 5-30 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 12-44 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 10-55 mm (leaflets not crowded), distally pilose or occasionally glabrous. Flowers nodding; sepals divergent from floral axis, blue, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 13-16 × 3-6 mm, apex acuminate or acute; petals: spurs blue, hooked, 5-10 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base, blades white or pale yellow, oblong, 7-10 × 3-6 mm; stamens 7-11 mm. Follicles 15-25 mm; beak 3-4 mm. 2 n = 14, 16.

It grows in open woodlands from 800-3,500 m above sea level. It can grow in a range of well-drained soils. It can tolerate light shade. It is best in moist soil. It suits hardiness zone 2.

The flowers are eaten raw. They can be added to salads.

Plants can be grown from seed. They can be transplanted. Plants can also be divided.