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Wild Columbine Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
Description Distinguishing Features - Leaves: 10 - 15 cm wide, compound, long-stalked, divided into 9 to 27 light green 3-lobed leaflets. Flowers: 2.5 - 5 cm long, bell-like with 5 red sepals; 5 yellow-bladed petals and hollow red spur; stamens forming a column; flowering May to July. Fruit: beaked, dry pod, splitting open along inner side. Habitat Ontario to Quebec; south throughout New England to Georgia; west to Wisconsin; usually on rocky, wooded or open slopes. Notes The showy, drooping flowers of the Wild Columbine attract insects and hummingbirds especially suited for reaching the sweet nectar.
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A nodding wildflower, growing to a height of 30 - 60 cm.