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Wild Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
62.2678, -150.03
Field Notes
Description:
"This is an erect, branching perennial, up to 2 ft. tall, well-known for its showy flowers. A nodding, red and yellow flower with upward spurred petals alternating with spreading, colored sepals and numerous yellow stamens hanging below the petals. The compound leaves, divided into round-lobed threes, are attractive in their own right."
Habitat:
Open field just outside town
Notes:
" It is reported that Native Americans rubbed the crushed seeds on the hands of men as a love charm."
http://www.solsticelight.com/aks/gallery/matvalley/flowers/columbine.ht…
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PublishedAugust 3, 2013
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