Colorado State Flower Columbine. All state flowers discovered in 1820 on pike s peak by mountain climber edwin james the rocky mountain columbine columbine aquilegia caerulea is a lovely flower with a rich aroma to attract bees hummingbirds and butterflies to it. The white and lavender rocky mountain columbine was designated the official state flower of colorado in 1899 after winning the vote of colorado s school children.
Coloradans have good reason to be proud. Aquilegia coerulea is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family ranunculaceae native to the rocky mountains from montana south to new mexico and west to idaho and arizona its common name is colorado blue columbine. Coincidentally the colors of its flower are also found in the colorado state flag.
The columbine flower colorado blue columbine was designated as the colorado state flower in april 1899.
With its beautiful meaning and looks you should definitely add it to your flower collection. State lawmakers agreed and in 1899 the colorado general assembly decreed the white and lavender columbine the colorado state flower. With its beautiful meaning and looks you should definitely add it to your flower collection. The columbine s journey to become the colorado state flower began in 1891 when colorado school children voted the rocky mountain columbine their favorite flower.
