Aquilegia shockleyi

Eastwood

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 193-194. 1905.

Endemic
Synonyms: Aquilegia formosa var. caelifax (Payson) Munz Aquilegia mohavensis Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems 40-100 cm. Basal leaves 2-3×-ternately compound, 9-45 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets to 11-38 mm, sometimes viscid, glaucous on both surfaces; primary petiolules 23-80 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or pilose. Flowers nodding; sepals perpendicular to floral axis, red (or sometimes partly yellow or green), lanceolate to elliptic, 10-20 × 4-8 mm, apex acuminate or acute; petals: spurs red or pink, straight, ± parallel, 12-25 (-30) mm, rather stout, usually abruptly narrowed near middle, blades yellow, oblong or rounded, 2-5 × 4-7 mm; stamens 12-16 mm. Follicles 14-25 mm; beak 9-12 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug).
Habitat: Moist places in dry woodlands and shrublands
Elevation: 1200-2700 m

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Aquilegia shockleyi"
acute +  and acuminate +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Eastwood +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
straight +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
rounded;oblong +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
globose;cylindric +
1-10-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
1200-2700 m +
1-10-flowered +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
sessile +  and aggregate +
Moist places in dry woodlands and shrublands +
axillary +  and terminal +
compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
parted +  and lobed +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br />) +
palmate +  and pinnate +
white +  and blue yellow or red +
distinct +
conspicuous +
oblong +  and rounded or spatulate +
reduced +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Aug). +
5 +  and 10 +
pilose +  and glabrous +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
not arillate +  and stalked +
obovoid +
not persistent +
distinct +
perpendicular +
3 +  and 6 +
lanceolate +  and elliptic +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (5.1 cm51 mm <br />0.051 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
pink +  and red +
straight +
backward-pointing +
narrowed +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
scale-like +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
persistent +
Aquilegia formosa var. caelifax +  and Aquilegia mohavensis +
Aquilegia shockleyi +
Aquilegia +
species +
enlarged +
herbaceous +  and woody +