Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Aquilegia micrantha Eastw. |
Bibliography | Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 4: 559 (1895) |
Native Range | Colorado to n. Arizona and Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring |
Synonyms | Aquilegia buergeriana var. ecalcarata K.C.Davis Aquilegia eastwoodiae Rydb. Aquilegia ecalcarata Eastw. Aquilegia ecalcarata ssp. micrantha (Eastw.) Payson Aquilegia ecalcarata var. micrantha (Eastw.) Payson ex Kearney & Peebles Aquilegia flavescens var. rubicunda (Tidestr.) S.L.Welsh Aquilegia lithophila Payson Aquilegia mancosana (Eastw.) Cockerell Aquilegia micrantha var. ecalcarata K.C.Davis Aquilegia micrantha ssp. ecalcarata (K.C.Davis) Payson Aquilegia micrantha f. mancosana (Eastw.) W.A.Weber Aquilegia micrantha var. mancosana Eastw. Aquilegia navajonis A.Nelson Aquilegia pallens Payson Aquilegia rubicunda Tidestr. Semiaquilegia eastwoodiae (Rydb.) J.M.Drumm. & Hutch. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) |