Aquilegia micrantha Eastw.

Mancos columbine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 30-60 cm. Basal leaves 2-3×-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 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 10-20 mm; beak 8-10 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Gynecological Aid (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified)
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

Aquilegia micrantha unspecified picture

Distribution

Aquilegia micrantha world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16860-2
WFO ID wfo-0000541439
COL ID 5W2FF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aquilegia micrantha Aquilegia navajonis Aquilegia eastwoodiae Aquilegia mancosana Aquilegia rubicunda Semiaquilegia eastwoodiae Aquilegia ecalcarata Aquilegia micrantha f. mancosana Aquilegia lithophila Aquilegia pallens Aquilegia buergeriana var. ecalcarata Aquilegia ecalcarata subsp. micrantha Aquilegia flavescens var. rubicunda Aquilegia micrantha var. ecalcarata Aquilegia micrantha subsp. ecalcarata Aquilegia micrantha var. mancosana Aquilegia ecalcarata var. micrantha

Lower taxons

Aquilegia micrantha var. loriae Aquilegia micrantha var. grahamii