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formosa

Taxon

Aquilegia formosa Fisch. ex DC.

Protologue Prodr. 1: 50. 1824 [mid Jan 1824]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 188.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 188.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 185.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 185.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 179.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 179.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 183.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 183.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 181.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 181.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 186.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 186.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 184.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 184.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 178.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 178.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 187.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 187.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 037.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 039.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 031.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 031.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 038.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 036.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 035.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 035.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 033.jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 037 (2).jpg

Aquilegia formosa--CA. Mendocino Co. Beach at mouth of Navarro River. 25 Jun 06. 037 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon; introduced into Romania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2006

Location

United States, California, Mariposa (El Portal)

37.677222, -119.711111

Location Remarks

Yosemite National Park. Glacier Point Road.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

June 25, 2006

Location

United States, California, Mendocino (Little River)

39.273056, -123.743333

Location Remarks

Van Damme State Park. Pygmy Forest. Off Highway 1, east of Little River.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Aquilegia

Specific Epithet

formosa

Authorship

Fisch. ex DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#325,493 of 335,497

Top 98%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →