Ranunculaceae
'Aquilegia caerulea'
Aquilegia coerulea
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 科罗拉多耧斗菜
- English
- 'Aquilegia caerulea', Colorado blue columbine
Synonyms
- Aquilegia advena Regel
- Aquilegia caerulea var. leptocera (Nutt.) A.Nelson
- Aquilegia caerulea var. macrantha Hook. ex Brühl
- Aquilegia canadensis subsp. caerulea (E.James) Brühl
- Aquilegia coerulea f. glandulosa Cockerell
- Aquilegia coerulea f. pallidiflora Cockerell
- Aquilegia coerulea subsp. albiflora Payson
- Aquilegia coerulea subsp. daileyae (Eastw.) Payson
- Aquilegia coerulea var. albiflora A.Gray
- Aquilegia coerulea var. daileyae Eastw.
- Aquilegia coerulea var. macrantha Rapaics
- Aquilegia formosa var. macrantha (Hook. & Arn.) Brühl
- Aquilegia macrantha Hook. & Arn.
- Aquilegia oreophila Rydb.
- Aquilegia piersoniana L.O.Williams
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Uleli, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Kennard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aquilegia coerulea 'Crimson Star' Spectral comparison Vis UV IR.jpg : Dave Kenna, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alice Gomez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Aquilegia
- ColumbineAquilegia vulgarisRanunculaceae
- Western columbineAquilegia formosaRanunculaceae
- Red columbineAquilegia canadensisRanunculaceae
- Aquilegia grataRanunculaceae
- Aquilegia alpinaRanunculaceae
- Dark columbineAquilegia atrataRanunculaceae
- Aquilegia olympicaRanunculaceae
- Aquilegia pyrenaicaRanunculaceae
- Nuragica columbineAquilegia nuragicaRanunculaceae
- Aquilegia einseleanaRanunculaceae
- Bulgarian columbineAquilegia nigricansRanunculaceae
- Barbaricina colombineAquilegia barbaricinaRanunculaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.