Ranunculaceae
Western red columbine
Aquilegia elegantula
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- أنقولية أنيقة
- English
- Western red columbine
- nv
- Hazéí yiltʼąąʼí
- Slovenian
- Razkošna orlica
Synonyms
- Aquilegia canadensis var. fendleri Brühl
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 ![Western red columbine: 美雅耬斗 Aquilegia elegantula [倫敦植物園 Kew Gardens, London]](/plants/aquilegia-elegantula/photos/d8d104f9d59eba88-l.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Walker https://www.inaturalist.org/people/bobw75, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin https://www.inaturalist.org/people/craigmartin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin https://www.inaturalist.org/people/craigmartin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.