Colorado Columbine
This exotic Columbine is the state flower of Colorado. It has a broad habitat range, thriving on hot, dry, talus slopes and in moist, shady forests; its color varies through a wonderful range of whites, blues, and purples; and its flowers thrive from June through August. The five petals have unusual and showy spurs; the five sepals are usually larger than the petals.
"Coerule" is Latin for "blue".
Aquilegia coerulea (Colorado Columbine)
Synonym: Helleboraceae (Hellebore Family).
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
Alpine, subalpine, montane. Meadows, woodlands, rocks, scree. Summer.
All photos were taken at American Basin,Yankee boy basin and Crested Butte Co. By Daniel P Woods
This exotic Columbine is the state flower of Colorado. It has a broad habitat range, thriving on hot, dry, talus slopes and in moist, shady forests; its color varies through a wonderful range of whites, blues, and purples; and its flowers thrive from June through August. The five petals have unusual and showy spurs; the five sepals are usually larger than the petals.
"Coerule" is Latin for "blue".
Aquilegia coerulea (Colorado Columbine)
Synonym: Helleboraceae (Hellebore Family).
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
Alpine, subalpine, montane. Meadows, woodlands, rocks, scree. Summer.
All photos were taken at American Basin,Yankee boy basin and Crested Butte Co. By Daniel P Woods
Colorado Columbine
This exotic Columbine is the state flower of Colorado. It has a broad habitat range, thriving on hot, dry, talus slopes and in moist, shady forests; its color varies through a wonderful range of whites, blues, and purples; and its flowers thrive from June through August. The five petals have unusual and showy spurs; the five sepals are usually larger than the petals.
"Coerule" is Latin for "blue".
Aquilegia coerulea (Colorado Columbine)
Synonym: Helleboraceae (Hellebore Family).
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
Alpine, subalpine, montane. Meadows, woodlands, rocks, scree. Summer.
All photos were taken at American Basin,Yankee boy basin and Crested Butte Co. By Daniel P Woods
This exotic Columbine is the state flower of Colorado. It has a broad habitat range, thriving on hot, dry, talus slopes and in moist, shady forests; its color varies through a wonderful range of whites, blues, and purples; and its flowers thrive from June through August. The five petals have unusual and showy spurs; the five sepals are usually larger than the petals.
"Coerule" is Latin for "blue".
Aquilegia coerulea (Colorado Columbine)
Synonym: Helleboraceae (Hellebore Family).
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
Alpine, subalpine, montane. Meadows, woodlands, rocks, scree. Summer.
All photos were taken at American Basin,Yankee boy basin and Crested Butte Co. By Daniel P Woods
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