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Aquilegia formosa
Also called Sitka Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Scarlet Columbine
Western columbine is a native North American perennial wildflower with red-and-yellow nodding flowers that attract hummingbirds. It thrives in partial shade with moist soil, such as along stream banks and woodland edges.
Aquilegia formosa, the crimson columbine, western columbine, sitka columbine, or (ambiguously) "red columbine", is a common wildflower native to western North America, from Alaska to Baja California, and eastward to Montana and Wyoming.
Within its range, the crimson columbine can be found in most kinds of habitat (chaparral, oak woodland, mixed-evergreen or coniferous forest). It is not found on desert floors, nor at altitudes above 3,300 metres (10,830 ft), and it is absent from the Central Valley of California. It prefers moist locations such as stream banks.
Aquilegia alpina · Aquilegia bertolonii · Red columbine · Golden columbine · Colorado blue columbine · Fan columbine · Oriental Columbine · Columbine · Columbine
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilegia formosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
