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Aquilegia formosa x pubescens
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Photographer: Kelsey Byers
ID: 0000 0000 0811 1946 (2011-08-17)Copyright © 2011 Copyright Kelsey Byers (kbyers(at)alum.mit.edu)
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date of photo Aug 8, 2010
latitude 37.72640 longitude -119.25740
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location
Northwest of Donohue Pass, John Muir Trail, Yosemite NP (Tuolumne County, California, US)family
Ranunculaceae
order
Ranunculales
plant community Base of granite boulder near streambank, granitic soil in subalpine at treelinenotes These plants are in an intergrading population Aquilegia pubescens and Aquilegia formosa; see my other photo for an image of what seems to be a pure pubescens plant. Individuals in this population ranged from nearly pure pubescens (pale yellow, upward-facing, long nectar spurs) to nearly pure formsa (red, nodding, short nectar spurs). The location is at the upper elevation of the formosa range and in the middle of the pubescens range.keywords: Aquilegia,flower,Sierra Nevada,speciation
camera Canon G10
photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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