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Ranunculaceae

Mancos columbine

Aquilegia micrantha Eastw.

Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Aquilegia

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Mancos columbine: This is a specimen of Aquilegia micrantha var. mancosana collected in June 2008 and held by the Denver Botanic Garden's herbarium.
Photo: Stephen O. Myers, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Mancos columbine
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Naʼashǫ́ʼii dichʼízhii niłchin

Synonyms

  • Aquilegia buergeriana var. ecalcarata (Eastw.) K.C.Davis
  • Aquilegia eastwoodiae Rydb.
  • Aquilegia ecalcarata Eastw.
  • Aquilegia ecalcarata subsp. micrantha (Eastw.) Payson
  • Aquilegia ecalcarata var. micrantha (Eastw.) Kearney & Peebles
  • Aquilegia flavescens var. rubicunda (Tidestr.) S.L.Welsh
  • Aquilegia lithophila Payson
  • Aquilegia mancosana (Eastw.) Cockerell
  • Aquilegia micrantha f. mancosana (Eastw.) W.A.Weber
  • Aquilegia micrantha subsp. ecalcarata (Eastw.) Payson
  • Aquilegia micrantha var. ecalcarata K.C.Davis
  • Aquilegia micrantha var. mancosana Eastw.
  • Aquilegia navajonis A.Nelson
  • Aquilegia pallens Payson
  • Aquilegia rubicunda Tidestr.
  • Semiaquilegia eastwoodiae J.R.Drumm. & Hutch.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.