Plate 1
BUTTERCUP FAMILY
1 Monkshood, Aconite: Aconitum columbianum
2 Blue Columbine: Aquilegia coerulea
3 Red Columbine: Aquilegia canadensis
4 Blue Larkspur: Delphinium scopulorum
Flowers of
Mountain and Plain
Edith S. Clements, Ph. D.
THIRD EDITION
The H. W. Wilson Company
New York
1926
Copyright 1926 by
Edith S. Clements
Reprinted June 1945
Reprinted November 1949
Reprinted March 1955
Printed in the United States of America
PREFACE
“Flowers of Mountain and Plain” is intended primarily for travelersand flower lovers who wish a short cut to recognizing flowers seenon excursions or from car windows. It may also serve as a souvenirof pleasant summer days or vacation trips. The book consists of thetwenty-five color plates to be found in “Rocky Mountain Flowers”(Clements and Clements, 1914), representing one hundred and seventy-fiveof the most beautiful and striking flowers of the mountainsand plains of the West. If it succeeds in opening the eyes of thepasser-by to an appreciation of the flowers by the way, or in furtherstimulating an already awakened interest, it will have served its purpose.Edith S. Clements.
University of Minnesota
March 30, 1915
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
Opportunity has been taken of the demand for a second edition of“Flowers of Mountain and Plain” to add a simple text to the plates.It is hoped that this will increase the interest in the flowers of theregion and help create a sentiment in favor of their preservation.Edith S. Clements.
Alpine Laboratory,
Manitou, Colorado,
July 9, 1920.
Flowers of Mountain and Plain
BUTTERCUP FAMILY
Monkshood, Aconite Aconitum columbianum
Plate 1, fig. 1
The flowers of the Monkshood are usually deep purple-blue, butyellowish white ones are often found. The tall plants, 4-8 ft. high,grow in mountain meadows and along streams at 6000-12000 ft., andbloom from early July to late August. The Aconite disguises its relationto the buttercups by having irregular sepals, developed by insectvisitors in search of nectar. The two nectaries are underneath and atthe base of the cowl-shaped upper sepal which gives the plant its name.In seeking nectar, the bees crawl over the group of stamens and stigmasand in so doing either collect or deposit the pollen which clings totheir legs and abdomens. The Monkshood is frequently cultivated ingardens