Golden Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha
Golden columbine is a long-spurred, fragrant yellow columbine of Southwestern canyons and seeps, blooming for months and drawing hummingbirds and hawkmoths.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–2.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT
Related native plants
More Aquilegia species
- Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
- Colorado Blue Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea)
- Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)
- Serpentine Columbine (Aquilegia eximia)
- Jones's Columbine (Aquilegia jonesii)