aqfo species description

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SCIENTIFIC

NAME:

Aquilegia formosa FAMILY: Ranunculaceae

ENGLISH

NAME:

Western columbine, Crimson columbine,Scarlet columbine, Red columbine, Sitka

columbine

OTHER

NAMES:

DESCRIPTION:

Description 1:General: Glandular, glabrous to densely pubescent perennial from a branched to simple

woody base, the several stems 1.5-10 dm. tall.Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, long-petiolate, the blades triternate; leaflets thin, obovate

with a wedge-shaped base, 2-3 times lobed, glaucous and pubescent beneath, 1.5-5.5 cm.long.Flowers: Flowers usually several, nodding; sepals 5, petal-like, pale to deep red, oblong-

lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; petals 5, yellow, with straight spurs 10-15 mm. long, theblades 2-5 mm. long; stamens numerous, the inner ones sterile and scale-like.Fruit: Follicles 5, 2 cm. long, copiously glandular-puberulent.

Description 2:

An open-branched, 2-3 ft. perennial with delicate, blue-green, lobed foliage and pendent,

yellow and red, spurred flowers. Handsome red and yellow flowers hang at ends ofbranches above this bushy plant with several stems and many divided leaves. The flowers

of this species are slightly smaller than those ofA. eximia.

The genus nameAquilegia comes from the Latin aquila which means eagle and refers to

the spurred petals that many believe resemble an eagles talons. The species name

formosa, Latin for beautiful, aptly describes this large plant, especially when it hashundreds of lovely flowers nodding over it. There are other species with mostly red

flowers, which also attract hummingbirds as pollinators. The nectar was eaten as a candyby the Gitxsan and Wetsuweten peoples.

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE AND HABITAT REQUIREMENTS:

Distribution Alaska to California, coastal and inland to Alberta andWyoming.

Ecological Setting Open woods, lowlands to mid-elevations in the mountains

Soil Texture Medium to coarse, moist, rocky soils, but will grow in dry,nutrient poor soil.

Nutrients

Soil Reaction /Salinity

6.0-7.5 pHno salinity tolerance

Moisture Regime Medium moisture usemedium drought tolerance

Shade Tolerance Sun or part shade shade tolerant

Successional Status
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USES:

Site Rehabilitation Pollinator food source

Wildlife Attracts hummingbirds, high palatability for browsing and

grazing animals.Landscaping

First Nations The nectar was eaten as a candy by the Gitxsan and

Wetsuweten peoples. The young leaves of variety truncata

were gathered before flowering, boiled, and eaten as greens byindigenous peoples of California.

Other

PROPAGATION:

a) SEED PROPAGATION

Flowering, Fruiting and Seed Characteristics:

Flowering

Time

Fruit

RipeningTime

Seed

CollectionTime

Crop

Intervals

No. seeds

per lbs

Seed

Viability

May -August

August-September

Mid August-October

Perennial 248000 Unknown

Fruit and Seed Collection

Easily propagated by seed. Seedlings around parent plant appear in summer and can bemoved the following spring. Seeds may ripen and be shed before the pod has turned

brown. If seeds in greenish follicles are black, they are ready to collect. Cut the fruitingstalk and keep in a dry bag for a few days until the seeds shake free. Seeds require no

pretreatment.

Seed Extraction

Plant follicles normally dry and split open at maturity. Gently crush dried seed heads to

release remaining seed trapped in follicles. Further clean the seed with the Clipper seed

cleaning machine through the air-screen. The papery, light pod chaff is easily separated

from the seed.

Seed Storage

Due to lack of information on temperature and humidity requirements on A. formosa aswell as information on yearly loss of viability, theA. formosa is kept at a standard storage

of 40f and 40% humidity.


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Fruit/Seed Dormancy and Treatment

Cold stratification not required.

b) VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

c) OUTPLANTING CHARACTERISTICS AND REQUIREMENTS


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SOURCES:

http://plants.usda.gov/java/charProfile?symbol=AQFO

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AQFO

http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php http://www.wnps.org/landscaping/herbarium/pages/aquilegia-formosa.html
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PHOTO CREDITS:

Seed:

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Seedling: Sarah Hamman
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