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Aquilegia coerulea

This article is about the flower. For the town, see Columbine, Colorado. For the school shooting, see Columbine High School massacre.

Aquilegia coerulea

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Species:
A. coerulea
Binomial name
Aquilegia coerulea
Varieties
  • Aquilegia coerulea var. alpina A.Nelson
  • Aquilegia coerulea var. coerulea
  • Aquilegia coerulea var. ochroleuca Hook.
  • Aquilegia coerulea var. pinetorum (Tidestr.) Payson ex Kearney & Peebles
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Aquilegia canadensis subsp. coerulea (E.James) Brühl
    • Aquilegia formosa subsp. coerulea (E.James) Brühl

Aquilegia coerulea, the Colorado columbine, Rocky Mountain columbine, or blue columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to the Rocky Mountains and some of the surrounding states of the western United States. It is the state flower of Colorado. The Latin specific name coerulea (or caerulea) means "sky blue".

  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Aquilegia caerulea". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Aquilegia coerulea E.James". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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