Ranunculaceae
Yellow columbine
Aquilegia flavescens
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أنقولية صفراء
- Chinese
- 黄花加拿大耧斗菜
- English
- Yellow columbine
Synonyms
- Aquilegia canadensis subsp. flavescens (S.Watson) Brühl
- Aquilegia canadensis var. aurea Roezl ex Regel
- Aquilegia canadensis var. depauperata (M.E.Jones) K.C.Davis
- Aquilegia canadensis var. flavescens (S.Watson) Rapaics
- Aquilegia coerulea var. flavescens (S.Watson) G.Lawson
- Aquilegia depauperata M.E.Jones
- Aquilegia flavescens f. minor Tidestr.
- Aquilegia flavescens var. flavescens
- Aquilegia flavescens var. miniana J.F.Macbr. & Payson
- Aquilegia formosa var. flavescens (S.Watson) Hook.f.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Loren Cassin Sackett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Felicia Gershberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne S, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Misterbiologist, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maurice Raymond, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Parker James Lloyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.