| Description | Aquilegia ecalcarata is a spurless Columbine with wine-purple or dark purple flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (ack-wi-LEE-gee-a) (e-kal-ka-RAY-tuh) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Flowers | spurless, winre-red to purple, usually nodding or semi-erect |
| Fruit | seeds are formed in upright, narrow follicles |
| Leaves | held in groups of three (ternate), on long petioles, green to blue gray color |
| Dimensions | 12-16 inches |
| Propagation | seeds, germination might be improved through cold stratification |
| Native Site | central and western China |
| Misc Facts | syn Semiaquilegia ecalcarata |
| Notes & Reference | #176-Aquilegia (Robert Nord) |