Yellow Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha
This beautiful plant was found blooming at a rare desert spring and sycamore gallery northeast of Scottsdale, Arizona.
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FLOWER: Large, bright yellow corolla with long spurs from base of each
of five petals.
PERENNIAL HERB: Above ground entirely herbaceous from a perennial root
stock.
LEAVES: Compound leaves with rounded segments.
RANGE: Fairly common but local along moist stretches of sycamore
woodlands. Also found in riparian situations flowing through ponderosa woods.
FRUIT: Several small ovaries grouped together - each ovary develops one
seed inside a hardened casing.
UNARMED.
Ranunculaceae -- Buttercup Family
More Information:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- USDA Plants Database Profile
- Firefly Forest - Tucson
- Google Images
- Google Scholar Literature Search