View source for Aquilegia canadensis

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Aquilegia canadensis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 533-534. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Canadian columbine;ancolie du Canada
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aquilegia australis
|authority=Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aquilegia canadensis var. australis
|authority=(Small) Munz
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aquilegia canadensis var. coccinea
|authority=(Small) Munz
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aquilegia canadensis var. eminens
|authority=(Greene) B. Boivin
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aquilegia canadensis var. latiuscula
|authority=(Greene) Munz
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aquilegia coccinea
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Aquilegia;Aquilegia canadensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aquilegia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Aquilegia canadensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>15-90 cm. <b>Basal</b> leaves 2×-ternately compound, 7-30 cm, much shorter than stems; leaflets green adaxially, 17-52 mm, not viscid; primary petiolules 17-93 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or pilose, sometimes somewhat viscid. <b>Flowers</b> pendent; sepals divergent from floral axis, red or apex green, lance-ovate to oblong-ovate, 8-18 × 3-8 mm, apex broadly acute to acuminate; petals: spurs red, straight, ± parallel to divergent, 13-25 mm, stout (at least proximally), abruptly narrowed near middle, blades pale yellow or yellow-green, oblong to rounded, 5-9 × 4-8 mm; stamens 15-23 mm. <b>Follicles</b> 15-31 mm; beak 10-18 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Shaded or open woods, often around cliffs, rock outcrops, and forest edges
|elevation=0-1600 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>P. A. Munz divided this species into five varieties, based on size of the plants, sepals, and leaflets and whether the leaves are 2-3×-ternately compound. The variation in size of these organs is not discontinuous or even bimodal, however, and I have not seen any material with 3×-ternately compound leaves. For this reason, no varieties are recognized here. The name <i>Aquilegia canadensis</i> var. hybrida Hooker has been misapplied to this species; the type specimen actually belongs to <i>A. brevistyla</i> (B. Boivin 1953).</p><!--
--><p><i>Aquilegia canadensis</i> has also been reported from New Brunswick, but the specimen has been destroyed and the species has never been recollected in the province.</p><!--
--><p>Native Americans prepare infusions from various parts of plants of <i>Aquilegia canadensis</i> to treat heart trouble, kidney problems, headaches, bladder problems, and fever, and as a wash for poison ivy; pulverized seeds were used as love charms; and a compound was used to detect bewitchment (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Aquilegia canadensis
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aquilegia australis;Aquilegia canadensis var. australis;Aquilegia canadensis var. coccinea;Aquilegia canadensis var. eminens;Aquilegia canadensis var. latiuscula;Aquilegia coccinea
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Shaded or open woods, often around cliffs, rock outcrops, and forest edges
|elevation=0-1600 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_638.xml
|genus=Aquilegia
|species=Aquilegia canadensis
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Aquilegia]]