| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 1: 50 (1824) |
| Native Range | s. Alaska to n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 0-3500m |
| Description | basal leaves biternate, adaxially green, flowers pendent, sepals red, elliptic to lanceolate, spur red, straight, 13-21mm long, thick, in the middle constricted |
| Size | 15-100cm |
| Color | yellowish red |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring |
| Synonyms | Aquilegia arctica G.Don Aquilegia californica A.Gray Aquilegia canadensis Hook. Aquilegia canadensis f. arctica (Loudon) Rapaicz Aquilegia canadensis var. incarnata Rapaicz Aquilegia canadensis var. formosa (Fisch. ex DC.) S.Watson Aquilegia canadensis ssp. formosa (Fisch. ex DC.) Brühl Aquilegia columbiana Rydb. Aquilegia emarginata Eastw. Aquilegia formosa Hook.f. Aquilegia formosa f. anomala J.T.Howell Aquilegia formosa var. arctica (Loudon) Planch. ex Brühl Aquilegia formosa var. communis B.Boivin Aquilegia formosa var. kamtshatica Brühl Aquilegia formosa var. megalantha B.Boivin Aquilegia formosa var. saxicola Brühl Aquilegia formosa ssp. vera Brühl Aquilegia formosa var. wawawensis (Payson) H.St.John Aquilegia hookeri Borbás Aquilegia wawawensis Payson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |