FAMILIES OF PLANTS 
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Lemon columbine ( Aquilegia jiavescens). —The name columbine 
comes from a Latin word meaning dove and is used because of the 
fancied resemblance of the flower to five doves huddled together. 
The common columbine found in the park is yellow, turning pinkish 
when old. 
Figure 40.—Lemon columbine. Lemon-yellow. Photograph by Dr. Frank R. Oastler. 
Another species with beautiful blue flowers, Colorado columbine 
(Aquilegia caerulea) , is the State flower of Colorado. This is found 
to a limited extent in the southern part of the park. 
The columbine is easily recognized by its five-spurred, regular 
flowers. 
Anemone giobosa is a silky-hairy plant from 4 to 12 inches high. 
Figure 41.—American pasque flower. Purplish. Photograph by Dr. Frank R. Oastler. 
The basal leaves are long-petioled and deeply cleft into narrow 
lobes, while the stem leaves are short-petioled and form an involucre 
below the several red or sometimes yellow flowers. The fruits are 
akenes which at maturity form a cylindrical head. 
Anemone cylindrica with greenish-white flowers and a cylindrical 
head of fruits has also been reported in the park. 
