Aquilegia flavescens S.Watson

Yellow columbine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 20-70 cm. Basal leaves 2×-ternately compound, 8-30 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 14-42 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules to 13-67 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or pilose. Flowers nodding; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, yellow or tinged with pink, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong, 12-22 × 4-10 mm, apex obtuse to acute or sometimes acuminate; petals: spurs yellow, tips incurved, 10-18 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base or more abruptly narrowed near middle, blades cream colored, oblong, 7-10 × 4-8 mm; stamens 12-17 mm. Follicles 18-27 mm; beak 8-10 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.63 - 0.73
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist mountain meadows and alpine slopes; at elevations from 1,300-3,500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible flowers nectars
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Aquilegia flavescens flower picture by Lawrence Chu (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Aquilegia flavescens world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16825-2
WFO ID wfo-0000541318
COL ID FZRB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aquilegia flavescens Aquilegia flavescens f. minor Aquilegia depauperata Aquilegia coerulea var. flavescens Aquilegia canadensis var. aurea Aquilegia canadensis var. depauperata Aquilegia canadensis subsp. flavescens Aquilegia canadensis var. flavescens Aquilegia flavescens var. flavescens Aquilegia formosa var. flavescens Aquilegia flavescens var. miniana