Red Columbine, Sitka Columbine, Western Columbine: Aquillegia formosa (Synonyms: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa, Aquilegia formosa var. truncata)

The flower of western columbine opening. The petals are yellow in color and are not seen in this view. What looks like red petals are really the sepals. Photographed on open slopes at Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon..................June 14, 2009.