Scientific Name
Aquilegia canadensis

Common Name
Wild columbine
Life Cycle: Perennial


Height: 1 to 3 feet
Flower/fruit: 1 to 2-inch spurred flowers nodding at tip of slender branches; spurs point upward; five tubular red petals with yellow lips; five flat reddish petals; numerous yellow stamens
Flowering Season: Spring
Foliage: Leaflets are oval with rounded lobes; basal and alternate on the stem; one to three times compound with three divisions each; slender, much-branched stems
Site: Partial shade; moist, well-drained humus soil
Comments: Attracts moths and butterflies; grows from a thin, woody rhizome
 

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