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Aquilegia brevistyla

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Small-flower Columbine

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130248

Element CodePDRAN05020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRanunculales

FamilyRanunculaceae

GenusAquilegia

Other Common Names

Ancolie à styles courts (FR) Blue Columbine (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-16

Change Date1984-02-09

Range Extent Comments

Eastern Alaska to Ontario south to British Columbia and southern Manitoba. Disjunct in central Montana and the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming.

Ecology & Habitat

Description

Short-styled Columbine is a slender, sparingly branched, perennial with stems up to 80 cm tall that are lightly pubescent below and glandular above. The basal leaves have long petioles with blades that are lobed and wavy-margined; the few-stemed leaves are lobed and nearly without petioles. The typical columbine flowers are 15-25 mm long with blue or purple reflexed sepals and yellowish-white, horn-shaped petals; the bluish spurs of the petals are curved inward at the tip and are 6-8 mm long. Stamens and styles barely protrude beyond the petals; the five-lobed seed capsules are pubescent.

Diagnostic Characteristics

This species can be distinguished from other blue-flowered columbines in Montana by the incurved tips of the petal spurs.

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
South Dakota	S4	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S1	Yes
Montana	S2	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
Alberta	S5	Yes
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Middle Fork Judith Wsa	Lewis and Clark National Forest	81,131

References (4)

Dawe, J. C. and D. F. Murray. 1981. Chromosome numbers of selected Alaskan vascular plants. Canadian Journal of Botany 59:1373-1381.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Mathews, S.Y. 1989. Sensitive plant surveys, 1989: U.S. Forest Service, Region 1, Gallatin National Forest, Montana. Unpublished report to the USDA Forest Service, Gallatin National Forest, Bozeman, Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 85 pp.
Roe, L. S. 1992. Status review of AQUILEGIA BREVISTYLA, USDA Forest Service, Region 1, Lewis and Clark National Forest. Unpublished report. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 47 pp.