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Habitat: |
rocky, open slopes, dry woods, even peat bogs |
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Plant Height: |
30-60 cm, multiple stems from base |
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Flower Color: |
red |
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Flower: |
drooping bells with 5 upward curved spurs, 2.5-3 cm long, numerous yellow stamens of differing lengths hang below petals, sepals 5 alternating with petals, 4 ovaries with long styles |
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Inflorescence: |
single flowers from leaf axils on long peduncles, nodding |
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Fruit: |
beaked follicles |
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Leaves: |
compound, divided into 9-27 leaflets, each leaflet is 3-lobed, basal leaves on long stalks, cauline becoming sessile |
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Bloom Time: |
April-July |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
spurs contain nectar that attracts hummingbirds and long-tongued insects; this and other species of Aquilegia are cultivated and easy to grow | |