| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Aquilegia elegantula Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 14 (1899) |
| Native Range | sw. Colorado to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 1500-3500m |
| Description | lower leaves green, thin, biternate, glabrous, flowers pendent, sepals proximally red, distally yellow-green, spur straight, 16-23mm long |
| Size | 10-60cm |
| Color | reddish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring |
| Synonyms | Aquilegia canadensis var. fendleri Brühl |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |
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