Aquilegia shockleyi Eastw.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aquilegia

Characteristics

Stems 40-100 cm. Basal leaves 2-3×-ternately compound, 9-45 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets to 11-38 mm, sometimes viscid, glaucous on both surfaces; primary petiolules 23-80 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or pilose. Flowers nodding; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, red (or sometimes partly yellow or green), lanceolate to elliptic, 10-20 × 4-8 mm, apex acuminate or acute; petals: spurs red or pink, straight, ± parallel, 12-25(-30) mm, rather stout, usually abruptly narrowed near middle, blades yellow, oblong or rounded, 2-5 × 4-7 mm; stamens 12-16 mm. Follicles 14-25 mm; beak 9-12 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 0.78
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Moist places in dry woodlands and shrublands; at elevations from 1,200-2,700 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Images

Flower

Aquilegia shockleyi flower picture by Jeff Harris (cc-by-sa)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16878-2
WFO ID wfo-0000541543
COL ID 682G2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aquilegia mohavensis Aquilegia formosa var. caelifax Aquilegia formosa subsp. dissecta Aquilegia formosa subsp. caelifax Aquilegia shockleyi