General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Columbine
  • Yellow Columbine
  • Golden Columbine

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Location: Powell Butte, OR
Date: 2019-07-03
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Peyto Lake (spelling?),  Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Location: Peyto Lake (spelling?),  Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Location: Sparrowhawk Tarns, Kananakis Area, Alberta; lower alpine zone.
Date: 2010-07-21
Location: Moraine Lake, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-03
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Peyto Lake (spelling?),  Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Location: Yellow columbine (Aquilegia flavescens) near Boulder Lake in Payette National Forest
Date: 2011-08-28
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-07
Location: Sparrowhawk, Peter Lougheed P.P., Alberta; alpine/subalpine elevations.
Date: 2010-07-21
Location: Wenatchee National Forest
photo credit: Walter Siegmund

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