- Aquilegia eximia
Taxobox
name = "Aquilegia eximia"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ranunculales
familia =Ranunculaceae
genus = "Aquilegia "
species = "A. eximia"
binomial = "Aquilegia eximia"
binomial_authority = Van Houtte ex Planch.
synonyms = "Aquilegia fontinalis""Aquilegia eximia" is a species of columbine known by the common name Van Houtte's columbine. It is endemic to
California , where it grows in the moist forests of the Coast Ranges. This is a perennial herb growing from a thickcaudex and varying in height, reaching a maximum height near 1.5 meters. The lower leaves are divided into large, leaflike segments up to 4 or 5 centimeters long and a lobed oval in shape. Leaves farther up the stem are not segmented but may be deeply lobed. Theinflorescence bears a large, nodding columbine flower. Each flower has five bright red to orange-red flatsepal s up to nearly 3 centimeters long, and five petals which are hollow spurs up to 4 centimeters long, bright orange-red on the outer surface and lighter orange to yellow inside. The mouth of each hollow petal tube is up to a centimeter wide. The sepals and petals are generally reflexed back toward the stem and the five pistils and many thinstamen s extend forward from the center of the flower.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6434,6448,6449 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AQEX USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500103 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Aquilegia+eximia Photo gallery]
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