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 |
Ca | |
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) |