Aquilegia coerulea James var. ochroleuca Hook.
Colorado blue columbine, columbine, white Colorado columbine
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A white variety of blue columbine. Found at an elevation of 12,000'. (The big leaves are corn plant.) · 6/26/2006 · Ouray, Colorado · By Constance B. Kent
ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
| Order | Ranunculales | Basal (evolved earlier) eudicots, also called “true dicots” |
| Family | Ranunculaceae | Buttercup family |
| Genus | Aquilegia | From Latin aquila, or “eagle,” for the flower’s resemblence to an eagle’s claw |
| Species | coerulea | “Blue” (flowers) |
| var. | ochroleuca | “Yellowish-white” (flowers) |
Aquilegia coerulea var. ochroleuca description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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