Aquilegia micrantha, the Mancos columbine or Bluff City columbine, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. The species grows to between 30 cm (12 in) and 60 cm (24 in) tall and produces flowers that can be white, cream, blue, or pink. The species's flowers bloom during the spring and summer, from April to September. Also known as the alcove columbine, the species can be found on the on steep stone walls in the hanging gardens of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alcove columbine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aquilegia barnebyi
- Aquilegia pubescens
- Aquilegia fosteri
- Aquilegia longissima
- Aquilegia chrysantha
- Aquilegia laramiensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
- Species
- Aquilegia micrantha
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