Aquilegia chrysantha A.Gray

Golden columbine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 30-120 cm. Basal leaves 2-3×-ternately compound, 9-45 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 11-55 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 20-50 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or distally pilose. Flowers erect; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, yellow, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 20-36 × 5-10 mm, apex narrowly acute or acuminate; petals: spurs yellow, straight, ± parallel or divergent, 42-65 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base, blades yellow, oblong, 13-23 × 6-15 mm; stamens 12-25 mm. Follicles 18-30 mm; beak 10-18 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cyanogenetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 22 - 59
Germination temperacture (C°) 19 - 22
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Aquilegia chrysantha unspecified picture

Distribution

Aquilegia chrysantha world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mexico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16809-2
WFO ID wfo-0000541251
COL ID FZQ2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aquilegia thalictrifolia Aquilegia chrysantha Aquilegia caerulea var. chrysantha Aquilegia formosa var. chrysantha Aquilegia leptoceras var. chrysantha Aquilegia leptocera var. flava Aquilegia chrysantha f. pleiocalcarata Aquilegia chrysantha var. rydbergii