Perennial columbine flowers...

at nearly 9,000 feet (2,750 m) in the La Sal Mountains. I always visit this deeply shaded aspen grove every late spring as these flowers never disappoint.

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Columbine flower (genus Aquilegia).

Columbine flower (genus Aquilegia).