Stems 10-60 cm. Basal leaves 2×-ternately compound, 15-30 cm, usually shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, to 11-33 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 17-58 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or pilose. Flowers pendent; sepals erect, red proximally, yellow-green distally, elliptic-ovate, 7-11 × 4-5 mm, apex rounded to acute; petals: spurs red, straight, ± parallel, 16-23 mm, stout (at least proximally), abruptly narrowed near middle, blades yellow-green, oblong or rounded, 6-8 × 3-4 mm; stamens 8-14 mm. Follicles 13-20 mm; beak 13-15 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
Habitat: Moist coniferous forests, especially along streams
Elevation: 1500-3500 m
Distribution
Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah, n Mexico
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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dehiscing +
compound +
usually shorter +
straight +
terminal +
absent +
yellow-green +
rounded;oblong +
leaflike +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
alternate +
1-10-flowered +
sessile +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
1-10-flowered +
symmetric +
pendent +
bisexual +
cylindric +
Present +
compound +
undivided +
divided +
not viscid +
green +
crenate +
absent +
many +
hypogynous +
distinct +
conspicuous +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
petiolate +
Pittonia +
1899 +
black +
1;many +
obovoid +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
yellow-green;red +
not persistent +
distinct +
? (?) +
erect +
elliptic-ovate +
veined +
woody +
Illustrated +
parallel +
red +
straight +
stout +
backward-pointing +
narrowed +
distinct +
many +
absent +
scale-like +
unarmed +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
Aquilegia elegantula +
Aquilegia +
species +
rhizomatous +
perennial +