Description | Aquilegia ecalcarata is a spurless Columbine with wine-purple or dark purple flowers. |
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Pronunciation | (ack-wi-LEE-gee-a) (e-kal-ka-RAY-tuh) |
Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Wild Flowers |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, well drained |
Flowers | spurless, winre-red to purple, usually nodding or semi-erect |
Fruit | seeds are formed in upright, narrow follicles |
Leaves | held in groups of three (ternate), on long petioles, green to blue gray color |
Dimensions | 12-16 inches |
Propagation | seeds, germination might be improved through cold stratification |
Native Site | central and western China |
Misc Facts | syn Semiaquilegia ecalcarata |
Notes & Reference | #176-Aquilegia (Robert Nord) |