Western Red Columbine (Aquilegia elegantula)
Description
Aquilegia elegantula-is a species of-columbine-known by the common name-western red columbine. It is native to the southwestern United States, particularly the-Four Corners-states, and northern Mexico, where it grows in moist areas in mountain-coniferous forests. It is a-rhizomatous-perennial herb growing 10 t 60 centimeters tall. The green leaf blades are borne on long, slender-petioles-and divided into three leaflets which each have rounded lobes along the front edges. The flower has five long petals up to 3 centimeters in length including their elongated, knob-tipped spurs. The petals are bright red in the spurs and lighten to yellow-green or orange at the tips. Between the petals are the oval-shaped-sepals, which are reddish to yellowish in color and are held parallel to the petals. Flowers often droop such that the mouth is toward the ground and the spurs point up; the flowers are pollinated by the-broad-tailed hummingbird-(Selasphorus platycercus).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ranunculales
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Family: Ranunculaceae
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Genus: Aquilegia
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