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Aquilegia longissima
Also called Long Spur Columbine
Longspur columbine is a rare perennial wildflower of shaded canyons in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, known for nectar spurs that are the longest of any eudicot. It grows best in cool, moist, partly shaded spots with good drainage.
Aquilegia longissima, the long-spur columbine or long-spurred columbine, is a rare perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae that is native to northern Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
Aquilegia longissima is native to Trans-Pecos Texas and southern Arizona in the United States and Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Sonora in northern Mexico. It grows at altitudes of 1,370–1,520 m (4,490–4,990 ft) in gravelly limestone or igneous soils, on canyon walls, and along streams, drainages, springs, or waterfalls, within shady, mesic canyons of pine-oak or pine-oak-juniper woodlands.
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 longissima 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.
