Common name: Red columbine
Family: Ranunculaceae

Information: Common from low to treeline elevations. Openings to shaded sites, moist to rocky.

Photo: Next to the three brothers trial, Manning Park alpine area ca. 1950 m. No individuals visible from the trail were in flower at this date. S Wood – N Hewitt, July 8 2020.

Sources and additional resources:

Fraser, D.F et al. 1989. Natural and Human history: interpretive theme document for Manning Provincial Park. South Coast Region BC Ministry of Parks, Victoria BC at: http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/ecmanning/manning_complete_history.pdf Accessed: 2020-07-25.

Pojar, J. & MacKinnon, A. (2014). Plants of Coastal British Columbia: Including Washington, Oregon & Alaska. Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing.

Klinkenberg, Brian. (Ed.) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Aquilegia%20formosa. Accessed: 2020-07-25.