Columbines

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Columbines

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Page By: foweyman

Created/Edited: Dec 5, 2006 / Dec 6, 2006

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Columbines: Aquilegia sp. These attractive wildflowers with spurred flowers are found wild throughout North America, Siberia and other northern temperate regions. Aquilegia means eagle-like and refers to the spurs' (nectarines) resemblance to an eagle’s talons. Their unique flowers have generated some colorful common names including: Rock bells, Granny’s bonnet, Jack-in-trousers, and Revolver flower. A. canadensis are dark green and deeply divided. Its drooping flowers are bell-shaped and they are yellow with long, straight, red spurs. A. alpina produces blue and white flowers and is the state flower of Colorado.

In some Native American tribes a man would grind up the seeds into a powder and coat his hands before holding the hand of his desired companion, and then they would wash their hands together. This "love potion" ensured the couple a long, happy life together. In Europe however it was considered a tremendous insult to be given columbine if you were a woman and bad luck if you were a man.

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Aquilegia alpina

A clutch of Never Summer...

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Rock Columbine

Aquilegia pubescens, Coville's Columbine

Serenity in the Peaks

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Bob Sihler

Nice idea for a beautiful flower

Voted 10/10

I like it!

Posted Dec 5, 2006 9:53 pm

lcarreau

Outstanding

Voted 10/10

collection of pictures and information, Fred!
And to think that some Sp-members don't like to look at
what Mother Nature produces, unless it has a snow-capped
mountain with a route description attached!! Hogwash! :)

Posted Jun 27, 2008 5:22 pm


	foweyman	Re: Outstanding
	Hasn't voted	Thanks lcarreau. They're probably my favorite mountain flower, often turning up in unexpected places. By the way, does lcarreau mean "the crow" in french? :)
		Posted Jun 27, 2008 7:20 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Outstanding
	Voted 10/10	Nope, but while I attended public schools in Utah, I had to learn a stupid poem called "The Raven." :) If you're interested, 'carreau' in french means "The Diamond." (And YES, I've already had to EAT CROW several times on SP!!)
		Posted Jun 27, 2008 7:32 pm

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