Columbine

From the Latin for "an eagle" referring to the form of the flower petals. The common name is from the way the flowers appear to resemble doves (species L. columba) drinking.

A. akitensis Aquilegia alba
A. alpina Alpine Columbine
A. bertolonhi Alpinerock Columbine
A. caerulea Colorado Columbine
A. canadensis American Columbine
A. chrysantha Golden Columbine
A. clematiflora Clematis­flowered Columbine
A. flabellata Fan Columbine
A. formosa Sitka Columbine
A. glandulosa Altai Columbine
A. x hybrida Short-spurred and
Long-spurred Hybrids
A. Jonesili Jones Columbine
A. longissima Long-spurred Columbine
A. saximontana Rocky Mountain Columbine
A. scopulorum  
A. skinneri Skinner Columbine
A. vulgaris European Columbine

Species Flower color
(sepals/petals)		 Spun
straight(S)
hooked(H)
curved(C)		 Spur
length
(in.) 		Flower
nodding (N)
upright(U)
A. alpina blue/blue white H  ¾-1 N
A. caerulea blue/white S 1-2 U
A. canadensis yellow/red C ½ 1 N
A. chiysantha yellow/pale yellow H 2-2½ U
A. flabellata white/white H ¾-1 N
A. x hybrida various S 2-6 U
A. longissima yellow/pale yellow S 4-6 U
A. vulgaric blue/blue H ½-¾ N

* Guides and Keys are from the book "Herbaceous Perennial Plants A Treatise on their Identification, Culture and Garden Attributes" by Dr Allan M. Armitage of the University of Georgia. Varsity Press, Athens, Georgia. 1989 ISBN 0-942375-00. More on Dr Armitage and his other books.

 
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