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Western columbine

Aquilegia formosa

Description:

This perennial flower grows to 1 m tall on unbranched, upright stems. The eye-catching red and yellow flowers hang down from the drooping stem-tops, and are composed of 5 distinct red petals with upright red spurs. A central stamen tuft attaches to the middle yellow part of the flower. Flowers are 2 to 5 cm wide, and there are usually 2 to 5 flowers in a branching cluster on each stem. Leaves are mostly basal, and divide into threes two times resulting in 9 leaflets. They are 10 to 40 cm long, with long stalks. The leaflets are deeply lobbed, and distinctly seperated. They are usually hairy, and are bright green above and paler underneath.

Habitat:

Streambanks, seeps, moist places, chaparral, oak woodland, mixed-evergreen or coniferous forest. Below 3,300 meters. Prefers part to full shade.

Notes:

Spotted in Oak Haven Municipal Park, Vancouver island, Canada. (sources: see reference)

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Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on Sep 17, 2019
Submitted on Oct 22, 2019

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