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Sitka Columbine

Aquilegia fosteri

Also called Crimson Columbine, Scarlet Columbine, Western Columbine

Sitka Columbine
Photo: Michael Thaibinh, CC BY 4.0
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Arizona
Climate
subtropical

About

Aquilegia fosteri, common name Foster's columbine, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Utah and Arizona.

Where it grows

Aquilegia fosteri is native to northwestern Arizona and Zion Canyon in Utah, where it grows high on sandstone canyon walls in rock crevices.

Other Aquilegia plants

Aquilegia alpina · Aquilegia amaliae · Fan Columbine · Aquilegia apuana · Aquilegia aradanica · Aquilegia aragonensis · Dark Columbine · Aquilegia atrovinosa · Atwood's Columbine · Aquilegia aurea · Aquilegia ballii · Aquilegia baluchistanica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilegia fosteri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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