Ranunculaceae
Desert columbine
Aquilegia desertorum
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أنقولية صحراوية
- English
- Desert columbine, Chiricahua Mountain columbine
- Polish
- Orlik pustynny
Synonyms
- Aquilegia formosa var. desertorum M.E.Jones
- Aquilegia triternata Payson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Desert columbine: 耬斗菜屬 Aquilegia desertorum [英格蘭 Wisley Gardens, England]](/plants/aquilegia-desertorum/photos/6866f931b7a8f0f6-s.webp?w=500)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Desert columbine: 耬斗菜屬 Aquilegia desertorum [英格蘭 Wisley Gardens, England]](/plants/aquilegia-desertorum/photos/6866f931b7a8f0f6-l.webp)
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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.