Status: Native
Synonyms:
Aconitum arizonicum Greene
Aconitum bakeri Greene
Aconitum columbianum Nuttall var. bakeri (Greene) Harrington
Aconitum lutescens A. Nelson
Aconitum mogollonicum Greene
Aconitum porrectum Rydberg
Aconitum robertianum Greene
Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum is a tall plant that resembles a Delphinium. The flower spike is terminal and deep blue or purple. The deeply lobed leaves also look like Delphinium, but the flowers have a distinct "hood," making it easy to tell the two genera apart. Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum grows in moist, high elevation meadows.
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Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher, & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road at Redstone Trailhead, July 23, 2008
Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher, & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road at Redstone Trailhead, July 23, 2008
Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum, flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Jim O'Hara, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road at Redstone Trailhead, August 11, 2011
Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum, leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher, & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road at Redstone Trailhead, July 23, 2008
Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road at Redstone Trailhead, Aug. 1, 2009
Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum, closeup of fruit (three many-seeded follicles), photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road at Redstone Trailhead, Aug. 1, 2009
Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum, DAZ herbarium, collector C.A. Huff with Diego Villalba 1669, 19 July 1994, Bursum Road
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