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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Columbine
  • Spurless Columbine
  • Paraquilegia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Aquilegia ecalcarata
  • Synonym: Semiaquilegia ecalcarata

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Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 4000-01-11
Aquilegia ecalcarata
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 4000-01-11
Aquilegia ecalcarata
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Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2018-05-17
My yard, zone 6
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2009-10-12
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-20
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-25
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2018-05-17
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-25
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-25
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2018-05-17
My yard, zone 6

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