familyRanunculaceae
genusAquilegia
speciesAquilegia brevistyla

Aquilegia brevistyla

Hooker

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 24. 1829.

Alan T. Whittemore
EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems 20-80 cm. Basal leaves 2×-ternately compound, 5-30 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 12-44 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 10-55 mm (leaflets not crowded), distally pilose or occasionally glabrous. Flowers nodding; sepals divergent from floral axis, blue, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 13-16 × 3-6 mm, apex acuminate or acute; petals: spurs blue, hooked, 5-10 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base, blades white or pale-yellow, oblong, 7-10 × 3-6 mm; stamens 7-11 mm. Follicles 15-25 mm; beak 3-4 mm. 2n = 14, 16.


Phenology: Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Open woods, meadows, shores, and rock outcrops
Elevation: 800-3500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Mont., S.Dak., Wyo.

Discussion

Aquilegia brevistyla has been reported from Minnesota. All Minnesota material seen, however, has been misidentified.

The chromosome number in this species needs to be reinvestigated.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
16 +  and 14 +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Apex shape
acute +  and acuminate +
Author
Alan T. Whittemore +
Authority
Hooker +
Basal leaf architecture
compound +
Basal leaf height or length or size
much shorter +
Basal leaf some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Base shape
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Beak course
straight +
Beak position or structure subtype
terminal +
Beak presence
absent +
Beak some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Blade coloration
pale-yellow +  and white +
Blade length
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Blade shape
oblong +
Blade width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bracteole architecture
sepaloid +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Capsule arrangement
aggregated +
Capsule shape
globose;cylindric +
Cauline leaf arrangement
alternate +
Cyme architecture
1-10-flowered +
Cyme some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Distal leaf architecture
sessile +
Distribution
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Mont. +, S.Dak. +  and Wyo. +
Elevation
800-3500 m +
Embryo size
small +
Endosperm quantity
abundant +
Filament shape
filiform +
Flower architecture
1-10-flowered +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower orientation
nodding +
Flower prominence
showy +  and inconspicuous +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Follicle some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Fruit quantity
5 +
Fruits follicle architecture
sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits follicle shape
cylindric +
Habitat
Open woods, meadows, shores, and rock outcrops +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade shape
divided +
Leaf architecture
compound +  and simple +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaflet coating
not viscid +
Leaflet coloration
green +
Leaflet shape
parted +  and lobed +
Leaflet some measurement
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (4.4 cm44 mm <br />0.044 m <br />) +
Margin architecture
palmate +  and pinnate +
Margin shape
crenate +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovule quantity
many +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal coloration
white +  and blue yellow or red +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal prominence
conspicuous +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal shape
oblong +  and rounded or spatulate +
Petal size
reduced +
Petal some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Petiole architecture or shape
sheathing +
Petiole presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering summer (Jun–Aug). +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil quantity
5 +  and 10 +
Primary petiolule pubescence
glabrous +  and pilose +
Primary petiolule some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
Proximal leaf architecture
petiolate +
Publication title
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Publication year
1829 +
Reference
None +
Seed architecture
not arillate +  and stalked +
Seed architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Seed coloration
black +
Seed quantity
1;many +
Seed shape
obovoid +
Sepal architecture
petaloid +
Sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Sepal arrangement
divergent +
Sepal atypical quantity
6 (20) +
Sepal coloration
blue +
Sepal duration
not persistent +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal length
? (?) +
Sepal quantity
3 +  and 6 +
Sepal shape
elliptic +  and lanceolate +
Sepal some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (5.1 cm51 mm <br />0.051 m <br />) +
Sepal width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Side architecture
veined +
Slender rhizome texture
woody +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
Spur coloration
blue +
Spur fragility or size
stout +
Spur orientation
backward-pointing +
Spur shape
tapered +  and hooked +
Spur some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
many +
Stamen some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Staminode presence
absent +
Staminode shape
scale-like +
Stem architecture
unarmed +
Stem some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Aquilegia brevistyla +
Taxon parent
Aquilegia +
Taxon rank
species +
Tip size
enlarged +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism position
low +
Whole organism texture
herbaceous +  and woody +
X chromosome quantity
7 +