Aquilegia saximontana, Rocky Mountain blue columbine
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 saximontana Rocky Mountain Columbine Columbine New York Plants HQ
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 saximontana Plants GARDENWILD ltd
Aquilegia Express. : The Columbine Flower. Arrival of the genus Aquilegia into North America is a recent event occurring 10,000 to 40,000 years ago during the Pleistocene. Columbines crossed into North America from Asia over the Bering land bridge that connected the two continents during that period. A progenitor columbine began to radiate.
CalPhotos Aquilegia saximontana; Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine
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.
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.
Aquilegia jonessi x Aquilegia saximontana Aquilegia Diamante Azul, Rosa Columbina Diamante
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 'BLUE DIAMOND' SEEDS (Aquilegia jonesii x Aquilegia saximontana, Granny's
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 jonessi x Aquilegia saximontana Aquilegia Diamante Azul, Rosa Columbina Diamante
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 (Ranunculaceae) image 91026 at PhytoImages.siu.edu
Aquilegia jonesii x saximontana Ranunculaceae image. CANADA: Quebec: Montreal Botanical Garden; rock garden (general coordinates); cultivated 45 33 29.96 N, 73 33 36.19 W DOL map, 16 Jun 2014.
Aquilegia jonessi x Aquilegia saximontana Aquilegia Diamante Azul, Rosa Columbina Diamante
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 SEEDS (Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine, Granny's Plant World Seeds
Extended plant information for Aquilegia jonesii x saximontana. Support the HPS by becoming a member and you will also see additional information on this plant (where it exists) such as: Full plant details for those in the Conservation scheme; Details of their hardiness zones or US zone codes;
Aquilegia jonesii x saximontana (Ranunculaceae) image 91496 at PhytoImages.siu.edu
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 North American Rock Garden Society
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.
PlantFiles Pictures Jones' Columbine (Aquilegia jonesii) by Sally_Denver
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Aquilegia saximontana Alpines.dk
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 jonesii ร saximontana : Botanical Garden - Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
