Hybrid Columbine

We believe we have found a hybrid Columbine… a combination between the Red Columbine and the Yellow Columbine.

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) is one of my favorite wildflowers and common in most of Oregon.

Red Columbine
Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) Badger Creek 6/17/2005

Less common is the Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens).

Aquilegia flavescens
Golden Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens) Hat Point Road 7/13/2005 Wallowa County

We believe we have found a hybrid of the two species near Hat Point in NE Oregon’s Wallowa County.

Aquilegia flavescens
Golden Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens) Hat Point Road 7/13/2005 Wallowa County

ByLarry

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