PLANTS Profile for Aquilegia coerulea (Colorado blue columbine)

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Aquilegia coerulea James
Colorado blue columbine

Symbol:

AQCO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Aquilegia caerulea

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Synonym Information:

AQCA2: Characteristics

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Aquilegia coerulea James

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Synonyms:
Aquilegia coerulea James

AQCA2

Aquilegia caerulea James, orth. var.

Colorado blue columbine

Distribution:
Aquilegia coerulea James


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USA (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, SD, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Aquilegia coerulea James

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 23 species in Aquilegia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Aquilegia coerulea James var. alpina A. Nelson. .

Aquilegia coerulea var. alpina
Colorado alpine columbine

Distribution of Aquilegia coerulea James var. coerulea. . Image Available.

Aquilegia coerulea var. coerulea
Colorado blue columbine

Distribution of Aquilegia coerulea James var. daileyae Eastw.. . Image Available.

Aquilegia coerulea var. daileyae
Dailey's columbine

Distribution of Aquilegia coerulea James var. ochroleuca Hook.. . Image Available.

Aquilegia coerulea var. ochroleuca
white Colorado columbine

Distribution of Aquilegia coerulea James var. pinetorum (Tidestr.) Payson ex Kearney & Peebles. .

Aquilegia coerulea var. pinetorum
Colorado blue columbine

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Aquilegia coerulea James

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Aquilegia L. – columbine
Species	Aquilegia coerulea James – Colorado blue columbine

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Aquilegia coerulea James

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Aquilegia caerulea var. pinetorum [=AQCOP]
		Salvage restricted

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Aquilegia coerulea James

Aquilegia caerulea:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW-

FACW-

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Aquilegia coerulea James

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18733.

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