Desert Columbine (Aquilegia desertorum (M.E. Jones) Cockerell ex A. Heller)
Also known as Chiricahua Mountain Columbine; also classified as Aquilegia triternata.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
↑Notes
This species was formerly divided into two separate species, Chiricahua Mountain Columbine (A. triternata) in the more mountainous northwestern parts of its range, and A. desertorum in the east and south of its range. The eastern and southern populations are characterized by longer sepals and petal blades. However, there seems to be a continuous intergrade between the two populations, with interbreeding and gene flow throughout. Furthermore, other characteristics supposedely used to tell apart the two populations have failed to hold up to scrutiny. As such we treat these populations as a single species.
↑Links & External Resources
• Aquilegia desertorum (desert columbine) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Aquilegia triternata (Chiricahua Mountain columbine) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Aquilegia desertorum | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Aquilegia desertorum | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Aquilegia desertorum | Flora of North America (About This Site)
