Aquilegia eximia
J. Gén. Hort. 12: 13, plate 1188. 1857.
Stems 50-100 cm. Basal leaves 2-3×-ternately compound, 15-35 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 10-48 mm, somewhat viscid; primary petiolules 21-90 mm (leaflets not crowded), glandular-pubescent. Flowers nodding; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, red, lanceovate, 15-28 × 5-10 mm, apex narrowly acute or acuminate; petals: spurs red, straight, ± parallel, 18-32 mm, stout, abruptly narrowed near middle, mouth yellow, cut obliquely backward from insertion, blade thus absent; stamens 17-30 mm. Follicles 15-25 mm; beak 12-20 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat: Damp rocky places
Elevation: 0-2000 m
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Aquilegia eximia"
dehiscing +
compound +
much shorter +
straight +
terminal +
absent +
absent +
leaflike +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
alternate +
1-10-flowered +
sessile +
Calif. +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
1-10-flowered +
symmetric +
nodding +
bisexual +
cylindric +
Present +
compound +
undivided +
divided +
viscid +
green +
crenate +
yellow +
backward +
cut +
absent +
many +
hypogynous +
distinct +
conspicuous +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
glandular-pubescent +
petiolate +
J. Gén. Hort. +
1857 +
black +
1;many +
obovoid +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
not persistent +
distinct +
? (?) +
perpendicular +
lanceovate +
veined +
woody +
parallel +
red +
straight +
stout +
backward-pointing +
narrowed +
distinct +
many +
absent +
scale-like +
unarmed +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
Aquilegia eximia +
Aquilegia +
species +
rhizomatous +
perennial +