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Aquilegia formosa
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Aquilegia formosa
© 1999 California Academy of Sciences
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Aquilegia formosa  Fischer
Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Sitka columbine, western columbine
Aquilegia formosa, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Chaparral, Northern Juniper Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, (many plant communities), wetland-riparian
Wetlands:Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Toxicity: MINOR   [California Poison Control System 2010]    
Elevation: between 3000 and 9700 feet
Family: RANUNCULACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Aquilegia found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Aquilegia shockleyi
PLANTS: Aquilegia formosa var. communis
PLANTS: Aquilegia formosa var. fosteri
PLANTS: Aquilegia mohavensis
PLANTS: Aquilegia formosa var. megalantha
PLANTS: Aquilegia fosteri
PLANTS: Aquilegia formosa var. wawawensis
TJM2 + PLANTS: Aquilegia formosa var. truncata
TJM2 + PLANTS: Aquilegia formosa var. pauciflora
TJM2 + PLANTS: Aquilegia formosa var. hypolasia
TJM2: Aquilegia formosa f. anomala




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Aquilegia formosa  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (AQFO)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 21, 2013).

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