PLANTS Profile for Aquilegia saximontana (Rocky Mountain blue columbine)

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PLANTS Profile

Aquilegia saximontana Rydb.
Rocky Mountain blue columbine

Symbol:

AQSA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Aquilegia saximontana Rydb.

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Native Status:
Aquilegia saximontana Rydb.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (CO)

Related Taxa:
Aquilegia saximontana Rydb.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 23 species in Aquilegia

Classification:
Aquilegia saximontana Rydb.

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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 saximontana Rydb. – Rocky Mountain blue columbine

More Accounts and Images:
Aquilegia saximontana Rydb.

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 18745.

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

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 04:02 AM CDT