Aquilegia formosa
A species in the Ranunculaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
- Species
- Aquilegia formosa
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1824
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Aquilegia formosa. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
28 synonyms in this snapshot
- Aquilegia arcticaName author: G.Don
- Aquilegia californicaName author: Hartw.
- Aquilegia californicaName author: A.Gray
- Aquilegia canadensisName author: Hook.
- Aquilegia canadensis f. arcticaName author: (G.Don ex Otto & A.Dietr.) Rapaics
- Aquilegia canadensis f. truncataName author: (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Rapaics
- Aquilegia canadensis subsp. formosaName author: (Fisch. ex DC.) Brühl
- Aquilegia canadensis var. formosaName author: (Fisch. ex DC.) Torr. ex S.Watson
- Aquilegia canadensis var. incarnataName author: Rapaics
- Aquilegia columbianaName author: Rydb.
- Aquilegia emarginataName author: Eastw.
- Aquilegia formosaName author: Hook.f.
- Aquilegia formosa f. anomalaName author: J.T.Howell
- Aquilegia formosa f. formosaName author: Not supplied
- Aquilegia formosa f. truncataName author: (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Rapaics
- Aquilegia formosa subsp. veraName author: Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. arcticaName author: (Loudon) Planch. ex Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. communisName author: B.Boivin
- Aquilegia formosa var. formosaName author: Not supplied
- Aquilegia formosa var. kamtshaticaName author: Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. megalanthaName author: B.Boivin
- Aquilegia formosa var. paucifloraName author: (Greene) Payson
- Aquilegia formosa var. paucifloraName author: Munz
- Aquilegia formosa var. saxicolaName author: Brühl
- Aquilegia formosa var. truncataName author: (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) M.E.Jones
- Aquilegia formosa var. wawawensisName author: (Payson) H.St.John
- Aquilegia hookeriName author: Borbás
- Aquilegia wawawensisName author: Payson
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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