Columbine
A truly unique-looking flower at Vandusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, with their dangling bell-like shape and spurs at the back.
Columbine (Aquilegia) is a genus of about 60-70 species of periennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher attitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals of their flowers,
The leaves of this plant are compound and the flowers contain five sepals, five petals and five pistils. The fruit is a follicle which holds many seeds and is formed at the end of the pistils, Underneath the flower are spurs which contain nectar, mainly consumed by long-beaked hummingbirds.
--- wikipedia
Columbine
A truly unique-looking flower at Vandusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, with their dangling bell-like shape and spurs at the back.
Columbine (Aquilegia) is a genus of about 60-70 species of periennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher attitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals of their flowers,
The leaves of this plant are compound and the flowers contain five sepals, five petals and five pistils. The fruit is a follicle which holds many seeds and is formed at the end of the pistils, Underneath the flower are spurs which contain nectar, mainly consumed by long-beaked hummingbirds.
--- wikipedia