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Spectacular and unmistakable red and yellow, columbine's bell-like flowers hang aperture down from an arching flower stalk; the four elongate, parallel spurs point up while the stamens and style emerge from the bottom of the flower. This is the only columbine native to Illinois.

Aquilegia

Aquilegia canadensis

red columbine [Blooms: Apr-Jun]

An ornate pink flower with multiple levels of petals above a central core of projecting yellow stamens. This variant of Aquilegia vulgaris ("stellata" commercially called 'Nora Barlow') is a genetic variant that produces multiple stacked flowers (like the difference between a wild rose and commercial roses).

Aquilegia

Aquilegia vulgaris

common columbine [Blooms:May-Jun]