Aquilegia desertorum, the desert columbine, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Southwestern United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Desert 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 fosteri
- Aquilegia elegantula
- Aquilegia skinneri
- Aquilegia shockleyi
- Aquilegia barnebyi
- Aquilegia eximia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
- Species
- Aquilegia desertorum
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