Aquilegia flavescens
Ranunculaceae
Golden Columbine
Ascending to erect. Leaves mostly basal, blue-green, shiny, divided palmately to 3 rounded segments, divided again and toothed. Flowers cream to yellow, sometimes tinted scarlet; 5 spurs shorter than petals, turning inward with a hook on the end. Grows in moist soils in meadows, mixed woods, at high elevations.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
- Flower Form: 5 United Petals, Ovary Inferior
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 12–30 inches
- Habitat: East-side Forest, Subalpine, West-side Forest
- Found In: N Cascades NP, Wallowas
- Native: Yes
