Aquilegia coerulea, commonly called the Colorado columbine, Rocky Mountain columbine, or blue columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, native to the Rocky Mountains in the w
Variety coerulea side view showing spurs, photographed near Rabbit Ears Pass
Blue columbine painted by Mary Emily Eaton, 1917
Aquilegia coerulea var. coerulea photographed in Clear Creek County, Colorado
Aquilegia skinneri, commonly known as the Mexican columbine or Skinner's columbine, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Mexico and Guatemala.
Botanical drawing of A. skinneri published with Hooker's description in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1842