Aquilegia flavescens, the yellow columbine, is a wildflower native to mountain meadows, open woods, and alpine slopes of the Rocky Mountains from Utah north to British Columbia and Alberta. The plant grows to 20–70 cm in height. While the most common flower color is yellow, portions of the flowers can also be yellow-pink, raspberry pink, white, and cream.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aquilegia flavescens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
Marker genes7
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2★rbcL5★rbcLa★trnL-F★ITS3★ITS2trnH-psbA
plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAquilegia flavescens carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 14 n = 7
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 141×CCDB · iapt
CCDB · iapt — IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 25
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin0.34 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 662 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 876
Museum / vouchered786
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 448 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 637≤1 km 376≤10 km 190>10 km 112
2 315 georeferenced · 561 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 876
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy49% within 1 km
≤100 m 49≤1 km 134≤10 km 163>10 km 25
371 georeferenced · 415 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence786
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions40 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Moscow, US
96
Missoula, US
82
WTUlocation not on record
77
Pullman, US
65
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
64
Bronx, US
47
Bozeman, US
44
Victoria, CA
42
Corvallis, US
34
Boise, US
34
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
34
Vancouver, CA
21
Orem, US
11
Pocatello, US
10
Wuzhou, CN
10
Caldwell, US
9
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
8
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
6
Université Lavallocation not on record
6
Logan, US
5
Claremont, US
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Provo, US
4
Denver, US
4
Cheney, US
4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
3
Bloomington, US
3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
3
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Pittsburg, US
3
Phoenix, US
2
Turlock, US
2
Tampa, US
2
Portland, US
2
Yellowstone National Park Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Riverside, US
2
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
Salzburg, AT
1
Spearfish, US
1
Whitehorse, CA
1
Fullerton, US
1
Tempe, US
1
Paris, FR
1
Chadron, US
1
Knoxville, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
1
Bend, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Calvin Collegelocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
59 institutions · 777 of 786 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Aquilegia flavescens was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Burned in 2007. Huge seep that is on a slope…Small meadow between forested area and dirt …
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median14.0 °C 13.0–17.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.5 °C
Max temp (day)20.7 °C 19.8–23.5
Min temp (night)8.20 °C 6.10–12.2
Precipitation61.2 mm/mo 45.9–77.3
Air humidity55.0 % 47.3–56.8
Moisture balance-77.6 mm/mo -93.4–-75.8
Vapour deficit811 Pa 740–860
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.10–4.60
Cloud cover31.5 % 23.9–36.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 662 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗