Aquilegia pubescens Coville

Sierra columbine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 20-50 cm. Basal leaves 1-2×-ternately compound, 8-25 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 10-25 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 12-48 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or sometimes pilose. Flowers erect; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, cream to yellow or pink, lance-oblong to ovate, (15-)20-25 × 5-9 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate; petals: spurs cream to yellow or pink, straight, ± parallel or divergent, 25-40 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base, blades cream to yellow, oblong, 8-17 × 5-8 mm; stamens 13-16 mm. Follicles 20-25 mm; beak 10-12 mm. 2 n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.48
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open rocky places and talus in the alpine and sub-alpine zones; at elevations from 2,700-4,000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Aquilegia pubescens unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16871-2
WFO ID wfo-0000541506
COL ID 67QFK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aquilegia pubescens Aquilegia coerulea f. pubescens