Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Aquilegia micrantha Eastw. |
Synonyms | Aquilegia eastwoodiae Rydb. |
Aquilegia lithophila Payson | |
Aquilegia navajonis A.Nelson | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2500m |
Description | leaves shiny, viscid, bi- or triternate, green, flowers erect or pendent, sepals white, blue or rose, oblong-lanceolate, spur white, straight, 15-30mm long |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | white, blue, pink |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
micrantha grahamii (S.L.Welsh & Goodrich) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren, Intermount. Fl. [Cronquist & al.] 2A: 68 (2012)
micrantha loriae (S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren, Brittonia 62(3): 265 (2010)
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