Aquilegia scopulorum Tidestr.

Utah columbine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 5-30 cm. Basal leaves 2×-ternately compound, 3-12 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets to 5-14 mm, not viscid, glaucous on both sides; primary petiolules 3-15 mm (leaflets densely crowded), glabrous or pilose. Flowers erect; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, blue to white or sometimes reddish purple, ovate-oblong, 13-22 × 4-10 mm, apex obtuse or broadly acute; petals: spurs blue to white or reddish purple, straight, ± parallel, 25-40 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base, blades white, yellow, blue, or reddish purple, oblong or spatulate, 8-14 × 4-7 mm; stamens 11-15 mm. Follicles 10-18 mm; beak 8-11 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.15
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 3-6

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 19 - 22
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Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:709011-1
WFO ID wfo-0000541538
COL ID 67QG2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Aquilegia scopulorum f. calcarea Aquilegia scopulorum Aquilegia coerulea var. calcarea Aquilegia scopulorum var. calcarea Aquilegia scopulorum var. goodrichii Aquilegia scopulorum subsp. perplexans