PLANTS Profile for Aquilegia formosa (western columbine)

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PLANTS Profile

Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.
western columbine

Symbol:

AQFO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, El Dorado Co. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

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Synonyms:
Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

	AQFOC	Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. var. communis B. Boivin
	AQFOF2	Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. var. fosteri S.L. Welsh
	AQFOH	Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. var. hypolasia (Greene) Munz
	AQFOM	Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. var. megalantha B. Boivin
	AQFOP	Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. var. pauciflora (Greene) Boothman
	AQFOT	Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. var. truncata (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) M.E. Jones
	AQFOW	Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. var. wawawensis (Payson) H. St. John
	AQFO2	Aquilegia fosteri (S.L. Welsh) S.L. Welsh
	AQMO	Aquilegia mohavensis Munz
	AQSH	Aquilegia shockleyi Eastw.

Distribution:
Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.


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USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 23 species in Aquilegia

Classification:
Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

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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 formosa Fisch. ex DC. – western columbine

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 formosa Fisch. ex DC.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

Aquilegia shockleyi:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Quinlan							Low	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(AK-Native Alaskan And Exotic Plants Used By Wildlife, 4 April 2005). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage.

More Accounts and Images:
Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18738.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 03:19 PM CST