Aquilegia skinneri is a very distinctive columbine from the Sierra Madre of northern Mexico that is rarely grown in gardens. ...Read More/>
Unfortunately, it is commonly confused in the internet record and in gardens with a cultivar or hybrid of Aquilegia formosa (often sold under the cultivar name 'Tequila Sunrise'), that has very different, brightly coloured flowers.
On Aquilegia skinneri, the pale red spurs are 4 - 5cm long and sepals are greenish. The flowers are very narrow and elongated in profile - both the colour and shape make the flowers of this species very distinctive.
Aquilegia skinneri is a very distinctive columbine from the Sierra Madre of northern Mexico that is rarely grown in gardens.
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