Aquilegia caerulea
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![Colorado Blue Columbine](/Images/godic/202412/21/Colorado_Blue_Columbine5136.jpg")
![Yellow-pink color variant](/Images/godic/202412/21/Aquilegia_caerulea05136.jpg")
![cv. 'Crimson Star' in visible light, UV (showing nectar guides), and IR.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Aquilegia_caerulea_'Crimson_Star'_Spectral_comparison_Vis_UV_IR5136.jpg")
Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona. Its common name is Colorado Blue Columbine; sometimes it is called "Rocky Mountain Columbine", but this properly refers to Aquilegia saximontana.