Aquilegia eximia - Serpentine columbine

Serpentine columbine (Aquilegia eximia) is a California perennial with red-yellow flowers, tolerant of serpentine soil and growing near seepage spots in the coast ranges.¹ It grows 0.3-1 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Herb¹
• Perennial¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Nectar¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.3-1
Diameter (m)	0.3-1

Footnotes

1. Aquilegia eximia, Serpentine Columbine | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩