North Carolina Wildflowers

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Ranunculaceae>Aquilegia
	Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) Durham Co., NC 1 May 2005 Widespread in NC in fairly rich soils, this plant attracts hummingbirds.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.