Aquilegia saximontana
in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 43. 1895.
Conservation concernEndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Revision as of 08:30, 30 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Stems 5-25 cm. Basal leaves 1-2×-ternately compound, 5-25 cm, no longer than stems; leaflets green adaxially, 7-22 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 7-40 mm (leaflets usually crowded), glabrous. Flowers nodding; sepals divergent from floral axis, blue, oblong-ovate, 9-18 × 5-8 mm, apex obtuse to acute; petals: spurs blue, hooked, 3-9 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base, blades yellowish, oblong or spatulate, 7-10 × 3-5 mm; stamens 5-8 mm. Follicles 7-10 mm; beak 3-5 mm. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering summer (Jul–Aug).
Habitat: Cliffs and rocky slopes, subalpine and alpine
Elevation: 3300-4000 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Aquilegia saximontana"
dehiscing +
compound +
longer +
straight +
terminal +
absent +
yellowish +
spatulate;oblong +
leaflike +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
alternate +
1-10-flowered +
sessile +
Colo. +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
1-10-flowered +
symmetric +
nodding +
bisexual +
cylindric +
Present +
compound +
undivided +
divided +
not viscid +
green +
crenate +
absent +
many +
hypogynous +
distinct +
conspicuous +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
glabrous +
petiolate +
in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. +
1895 +
black +
1;many +
obovoid +
petaloid +
spurred +
divergent +
blue +
not persistent +
distinct +
? (?) +
oblong-ovate +
veined +
woody +
blue +
stout +
backward-pointing +
distinct +
many +
absent +
scale-like +
unarmed +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
Aquilegia saximontana +
Aquilegia +
species +
rhizomatous +
perennial +