CalPhotos Aquilegia saximontana; Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine
Aquilegia saximontana. New. $14.00. A264. Description. Endemic to the Front Range in Colorado, this is a choice and petite columbine. Nodding flowers are a bright blue-purple and white; tidy blue-green leaves.. Aquilegia saximontana x jonesii. $13.00. New. A426. Unavailable. Aquilegia scopulorum Piute Co (UT) $15.00. False. A372. Unavailable.
Aquilegia Jonesii x stock photo by Tim Gainey, Image 0255279
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Aquilegia jonesii x saximontana (Ranunculaceae) image 91496 at PhytoImages.siu.edu
Aquilegia Common names: Columbine ancolie Etymology: derivation disputed possibly Greek aqua, water, and legere, to draw or collect, because of the wet habitat of some species or quantity of liquid nectar borne in spurs, or Latin aquila, eagle, because of similarity in shape of curved spurs of some European species to an eagle's talons
Aquilegia saximontana North American Rock Garden Society
The creme-de-la-creme among these American dwarfs is A. jonesii, native to limestone cliffs from Wyoming to Alberta. This is the most dwarf of all columbines, growing to only 8 cm. It is also one of the most difficult to grow outside of its native environs since plants need heat, low humidity, high light levels and very limey soil.
CalPhotos Aquilegia jonesii
Aquilegia jonesii is a small cushion forming plant growing to a height of 8 cm. The foliage is densely crowded, glaucous, and often sessile with the stems having no leaves. The flowers are solitary and erect. The sepals are blue to purple, 15 to 22 mm long, and spreading. The blades are blue, 8 to 13 mm long.
Aquilegia saximontana Rocky Mountain Columbine Columbine New York Plants HQ
Location Map for Aquilegia saximontana (Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine) - 7 Map Locations Found Click a marker pin or a green plant 'dot' for details. Map Help More Plant Locations ^Top of Page. Individual Locations for Aquilegia saximontana: More Locations (To display plant details, click the number in the table.) Map Key : Accession Number:
Aquilegia saximontana, Rocky Mountain blue columbine
Aquilegia saximontana is distinguished by spurs that diverge, like the points on a jester's hat. The spurs never curl in, as on A. flabellata, another small alpine columbine. A. saximontana and A. jonesii have significantly different bloom times, and the chances of hybridization are essentially nil. Again, supposed hybrids between A.
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Aquilegia saximontana. Photo by Steve Olson. Aquilegia scopulorum. Photo by Kate Walker. Aquilegia brevistyla, small flower columbine. Photo by Reed Crook. Aquilegia coerulea. Photo by Al Schneider. Aquilegia coerulea (Colorado blue columbine) ranges in color from dark blue to pale blue to white.
PlantFiles Pictures Jones' Columbine (Aquilegia jonesii) by Sally_Denver
I can recognize Aquilegia saximontana instantly: the flowers are quite tiny (little more than an inch across) and always nodding on delicate stems--much smaller in bloom than many of the Eurasian "dwarfs" like Aquilegia pyreneica at one end or A. flabellata at the other end of the continent.
Aquilegia jonessi x Aquilegia saximontana Aquilegia Diamante Azul, Rosa Columbina Diamante
A. saximontana can be found in sub-alpine and alpine areas at elevations of 3,300-4,000 m (10,800-13,100 ft) in the Rocky Mountains. This species of columbine blooms in July and August. The blooms are lavender and white, and the entire plant reaches 5-25 cm (2.0-9.8 in) in height. [1] This plant is endemic (native only) to the Rocky.
Rocky Mountain Columbine (Aquilegia saximontana), by Continental Falls near Breckenridge
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3. Stems 5-25 cm. Basal leaves 1-2ร-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 ร 5-8 mm, apex obtuse to acute.
Aquilegia saximontana (Rocky Mountain blue columbine) City of Fort Collins
Aquilegia saximontana. Identification Numbers. TSN: 18745. Geography. Launch Interactive Map. Timeline. Explore the information available for this taxon's timeline. You can select an event on the timeline to view more information, or cycle through the content available in the carousel below. 6 Items.
Aquilegia saximontana Plants GARDENWILD ltd
Photo by Steve Olson. Range map of Aquilegia saximontana. Courtesy of Flora of North America. Aquilegia saximontana ranges in height from 5 to 25 cm. The foliage is glabrous and the leaves are green above and glaucous below. The flowers are nodding. The sepals are blue, 10 to 12 mm long, and spreading. The blades are cream colored, 7 to 8 mm long.
Aquilegia jonessi x Aquilegia saximontana Aquilegia Diamante Azul, Rosa Columbina Diamante
Not as nice as jonesii but much more growable this western columbine is a first rate rock garden plant. Farrer lusted after it and for good reason.
AQUILEGIA 'BLUE DIAMOND' SEEDS (Aquilegia jonesii x Aquilegia saximontana, Granny's
Aquilegia jonesii ร saximontana. The RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM) helps gardeners choose the best plants for their garden. RHS Plants for Pollinators plants. This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects.
Aquilegia jonessi x Aquilegia saximontana Aquilegia Diamante Azul, Rosa Columbina Diamante
Aquilegia jonesii ร saximontana : Botanical Garden - Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway