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Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine; red columbine; Colorado columbine)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aquilegia canadensis (Canadian or Canada columbine, Eastern red columbine, Wild columbine) is an herbaceous perennial native to woodland and rocky slopes in eastern North America, prized for its red and yellow flowers. It readily hybridizes with other species in the genus Aquilegia.
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Infraspecies

Aquilegia canadensis var. aurea
Aquilegia canadensis var. violacea

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Although no records of toxicity have been seen for this species, it belongs to a family that contains a number of mildly toxic species. It is therefore wise to exercise some caution. The flowers are probably perfectly safe to eat.
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The seed is pleasantly aromatic;
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  The seed is rubbed into the scalp to rid the hair of lice; The crushed seed is pleasantly aromatic and is used as a perfume. The fragrance persists for a long time;
Height [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Acleris albicomana (Red-edged Acleris)[4]
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (Pink-patched Looper Moth)[4]
Erynnis lucilius (Columbine Dusky Wing)[4]
Papaipema rutila (Mayapple borer moth)[4]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Archilochus colubris (Ruby-throated Hummingbird)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0