Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis L. - Buttercup family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: Red, Pink, Yellow

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Red Columbine: Acleris albicomana, Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides, Erynnis lucilius, Heliothis virescens, Papaipema leucostigma, Papaipema rutila

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan
MEX: Mexico Northeast

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.