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Aquilegia coerulea, the Colorado columbine, Rocky Mountain columbine, or blue columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to the Rocky Mountains and some of the surrounding states of the western United States. It is the state flower of Colorado. The Latin specific name coerulea (or caerulea) means ...
Aquilegia chrysantha A.Gray – golden columbine; Aquilegia coerulea E.James – Colorado blue columbine; Aquilegia colchica Kem.-Nath. Aquilegia confusa Rota; Aquilegia cossoniana (Maire & Sennen) Rivas Mart. Aquilegia × cottia Beyer; Aquilegia cremnophila Bacch., Brullo, Congiu, Fenu, J.L.Garrido & Mattana; Aquilegia cymosa Qureshi & Chaudhri
Blue columbine may refer to: Aquilegia coerulea (more often) Aquilegia brevistyla (infrequently) This page was last edited on 19 July 2024, at 03:01 (UTC). ...
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Rocky Mountain Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) State grass: Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) State insect: Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly (Hypaurotis cysaluswas) State mammal: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) State pets: Colorado shelter pets (Canis lupus familiaris & Felis catus) State reptile: Western Painted Turtle
Colorado Blue Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea) E.James During the expedition, James accomplished the first recorded mountain ascent in North America to over 14,000 ft. elevation, and was the first to collect many alpine plant species, including what he called "the mountain Columbine" Aquilegia coerulea , [ 2 ] later to become the state flower of ...
Rocky Mountain columbine [12] Aquilegia coerulea: April 4, 1899 SB 261-1899 CRS 24-80-905 [1] Grass: ... Colorado blue spruce [18] Picea pungens glauca: March 7, 1939
Aquilegia chaplinei is a perennial plant with a height from 20 centimeters (7.9 in) to 50 centimeters (20 in), [7] averaging 40 centimeters (16 in) tall. This is somewhat shorter than the closely related Aquilegia chrysantha, which can reach up to 120 centimeters (47 in) tall.