Serpentine Columbine
Aquilegia eximia
Serpentine columbine is a tall California columbine of seeps and serpentine slopes, with nodding red-and-yellow flowers that hummingbirds adore.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
More Aquilegia species
- Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
- Colorado Blue Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea)
- Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)
- Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)
- Jones's Columbine (Aquilegia jonesii)