Aquilegia micrantha
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 4: 559-560, plate 19. 1895.
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Aquilegia flavescens var. rubicunda (Tidestrom) S. L. Welsh Aquilegia micrantha var. mancosana Eastwood
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Stems 30-60 cm. Basal leaves 2-3×-ternately compound, 10-35 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 13-32 mm, viscid; primary petiolules 21-64 mm (leaflets not crowded), glandular-pubescent or glandular. Flowers erect or nodding; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, white, cream, blue, or pink, oblong-lanceolate, 8-20 × 3-6 mm, apex acuminate to obtuse; petals: spurs white or colored like sepals, straight, ± parallel or divergent, 15-30 mm, slender, evenly tapered from base or occasionally ± abruptly narrowed near middle, blades white or cream, oblong, 6-10 × 3-7 mm; stamens 9-14 mm. Follicles 10-20 mm; beak 8-10 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Sep).
Habitat: Seepy rock walls of canyons
Elevation: 1000-2500 m
Distribution
Ariz., Colo., Utah.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscing +
compound +
much shorter +
straight +
terminal +
absent +
oblong +
leaflike +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
alternate +
1-10-flowered +
sessile +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
1-10-flowered +
symmetric +
bisexual +
cylindric +
Present +
compound +
undivided +
divided +
viscid +
green +
crenate +
narrowed +
absent +
many +
hypogynous +
distinct +
conspicuous +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
petiolate +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
1895 +
black +
1;many +
obovoid +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
pink;blue;pink;blue;cream;white +
not persistent +
distinct +
? (?) +
perpendicular +
veined +
woody +
straight +
backward-pointing +
tapered +
distinct +
many +
absent +
scale-like +
unarmed +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
Aquilegia micrantha +
Aquilegia +
species +
rhizomatous +
perennial +