Colorado Blue Columbine – State Flower of Colorado

Colorado Blue Columbine

Aquilegia caerulea (commonly known as the Colorado Blue Columbine) is a species of flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona. It is the state flower of Colorado.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 20–60 cm tall. The flowers are quite variable in color, from pale blue (as in the species name caerulea) to white, pale yellow and pinkish; very commonly the flowers are bicolored, with the sepals a different shade to the petals.

You can see these wonderful flowers blooming all around Colorado this time of year. They’re quite nice, and add a lot of much-appreciated color to the otherwise stark landscape of the mountains.