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|accepted_name=Aquilegia flavescens
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|place=10. 1871
|year=1871
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aquilegia flavescens var. miniana
|authority=J. F. Macbride & Payson
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Aquilegia;Aquilegia flavescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aquilegia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Aquilegia flavescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>20-70 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="basal leaf architecture;basal leaf some measurement;basal leaf height or length or size"><b>Basal </b>leaves 2×-ternately compound, 8-30 cm, much shorter than stems;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaflet coloration;leaflet some measurement;leaflet coating">leaflets green adaxially, to 14-42 mm, not viscid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="primary petiolule some measurement;primary petiolule pubescence;primary petiolule pubescence">primary petiolules to 13-67 mm (leaflets not crowded), glabrous or pilose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>nodding;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sepal orientation;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal length;sepal width;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">sepals perpendicular to floral axis, yellow or tinged with pink, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong, 12-22 × 4-10 mm, apex obtuse to acute or sometimes acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="spur coloration;tip orientation;tip some measurement;tip fragility or size;tip shape;middle shape;blade coloration;blade shape;blade length;blade width">petals: spurs yellow, tips incurved, 10-18 mm, stout, evenly tapered from base or more abruptly narrowed near middle, blades cream colored, oblong, 7-10 × 4-8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen some measurement">stamens 12-17 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="follicle some measurement"><b>Follicles </b>18-27 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="beak some measurement">beak 8-10 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Moist mountain meadows and alpine slopes
|elevation=1300-3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Aquilegia flavescens sometimes forms hybrid swarms with A. formosa var. formosa, which grows at lower elevations through much of its range. Intermediate specimens having pinkish red flowers and petal blades 5-6 mm are occasionally found where these species grow together. The name A. flavescens var. miniana has sometimes been mistakenly applied to these intermediates, but the type of var. miniana is a typical, pink-sepaled plant of A. flavescens.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Aquilegia flavescens
|author=
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aquilegia flavescens var. miniana
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Moist mountain meadows and alpine slopes
|elevation=1300-3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|publication year=1871
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Aquilegia
|species=Aquilegia flavescens
|apex shape=acuminate;obtuse;acute
|basal leaf architecture=compound
|basal leaf height or length or size=much shorter
|basal leaf some measurement=8cm;30cm
|beak some measurement=8mm;10mm
|blade coloration=cream colored
|blade length=7mm;10mm
|blade shape=oblong
|blade width=4mm;8mm
|flower orientation=nodding
|follicle some measurement=18mm;27mm
|leaflet coating=not viscid
|leaflet coloration=green
|leaflet some measurement=14mm;42mm
|middle shape=narrowed
|primary petiolule pubescence=pilose;glabrous
|primary petiolule some measurement=13mm;67mm
|sepal coloration=tinged with pink;yellow
|sepal length=12mm;22mm
|sepal orientation=perpendicular
|sepal shape=elliptic-lanceolate;oblong
|sepal width=4mm;10mm
|spur coloration=yellow
|stamen some measurement=12mm;17mm
|stem some measurement=20cm;70cm
|tip fragility or size=stout
|tip orientation=incurved
|tip shape=tapered
|tip some measurement=10mm;18mm
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