Flora of East-Central Indiana

Columbine
Scientific Name Aquilegia canadensis  L.
Family Name Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)

 

Characteristics
Habitat: rocky, open slopes, dry woods, even peat bogs
Plant Height: 30-60 cm, multiple stems from base
Flower Color: red
Flower: drooping bells with 5 upward curved spurs, 2.5-3 cm long, numerous yellow stamens of differing lengths hang below petals, sepals 5 alternating with petals, 4 ovaries with long styles
Inflorescence: single flowers from leaf axils on long peduncles, nodding
Fruit: beaked follicles
Leaves: compound, divided into 9-27 leaflets, each leaflet is 3-lobed, basal leaves on long stalks, cauline becoming sessile
Bloom Time: April-July
Origins: native
Other: spurs contain nectar that attracts hummingbirds and long-tongued insects; this and other species of Aquilegia are cultivated and easy to grow
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general plant habit leaves close up of flower form

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Ball State University, Muncie, IN



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