Aquilegia genus --- buttercup family

granny's bonnets (Aquilegia buergeriana) -- in May -- High Line Canal, Aurora, CO      blue & purple 

Colorado columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) -- in June -- Lory State Park, CO        blue & purple     

Colorado columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) -- in June -- Rist Canyon/ Old Flowers Roads, CO    

Colorado columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) -- in July -- Boreas Pass Road, Park County, CO

western red columbine (Aquilegia elegantula) -- in June -- Rocky Mountain National Park, CO         red & pink    

western red columbine (Aquilegia elegantula) -- in June -- Ohio Pass Road, Gunnison County, CO

yellow columbine (Aquilegia flavescens) -- in June -- Glacier National Park, MT            yellow & orange   

western columbine (Aquilegia formosa) -- in July -- Angel Creek Campground, Elko County, NV   red & pink   

western columbine (Aquilegia formosa) -- in July -- Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA     

Laramie columbine (Aquilegia laramiensis) -- in June -- Glacier National Park, MT          white & cream      

Rocky Mountain blue columbine (Aquilegia saximontana) -- in August -- Crown Point, Roosevelt NF, CO      blue & purple