Ranunculaceae
Western columbine
Aquilegia formosa
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- أكيلاجيا حمراء
- arz
- اكيلاجيا حمراء
- Chinese
- 美丽耧斗菜, 美麗耬斗菜, 台岛耧斗菜
- English
- Western columbine
- Finnish
- Tuliakileija
- German
- Schöne Akelei
- Hungarian
- Nyugati harangláb
- li
- Sjoeanen akkelej
- Russian
- Водосбор прекрасный
- Slovenian
- Lepa orlica
Synonyms
- Aquilegia arctica G.Don
- Aquilegia californica Hartw.
- Aquilegia californica A.Gray
- Aquilegia canadensis Hook.
- Aquilegia canadensis f. arctica (G.Don ex Otto & A.Dietr.) Rapaics
- Aquilegia canadensis f. truncata (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Rapaics
- Aquilegia canadensis subsp. formosa (Fisch. ex DC.) Brühl
- Aquilegia canadensis var. formosa (Fisch. ex DC.) Torr. ex S.Watson
- Aquilegia canadensis var. incarnata Rapaics
- Aquilegia columbiana Rydb.
- Aquilegia emarginata Eastw.
- Aquilegia formosa f. anomala J.T.Howell
- Aquilegia formosa f. formosa
- Aquilegia formosa f. truncata (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Rapaics
- Aquilegia formosa subsp. vera Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. arctica (Loudon) Planch. ex Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. communis B.Boivin
- Aquilegia formosa var. formosa
- Aquilegia formosa var. kamtshatica Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. megalantha B.Boivin
- Aquilegia formosa var. pauciflora (Greene) Payson
- Aquilegia formosa var. pauciflora Munz
- Aquilegia formosa var. saxicola Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. truncata (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) M.E.Jones
- Aquilegia formosa var. wawawensis (Payson) H.St.John
- Aquilegia hookeri Borbás
- Aquilegia wawawensis Payson
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.