It had the coolest flowers that appeared to be 5 separate flowers but were actually one. The flowers ranged from pink to some purple ones to a really nice variant that had purple all around but a white ridge on the petals. Here is are the pictures. Thanks everyone for the assist on this :) Oh I live in Midland Ontario Canada, not sure if the plant is wild or a forgotten plant.
WOW! Not only a speedy reply but you've helped me to ID this mystery.....it is a Aquilegia canadensis. Thank you so much. I'll be sure to post pictures of them in bloom whenever that happens :) Again thank you very much :) :)
It is columbine (Aqueligia) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida (unranked): Eudicots Order: Ranunculales Family: Ranunculaceae Subfamily: Thalictroideae Genus: Aquilegia
It doesn't sound like A. canadensis, it is usually red and yellow flowered. There are many aquilegia garden hybrids, as they cross easily.
Aquilegia canadensis - columbine, can morph (for lack of a better word) into all sorts of varients: long flower tails, or short, bunchy short blossoms or long, & graceful, colors across the rainbow, Light tops and dark bottoms or the opposite, bicolors or blended colors. Just sit back and watch the show from year to year, because they self seed very well. barb
I found a picture online of it!! http://ebd06.ebd.csic.es/organisms/aquilegia/Aquilegia_files/Galeria/misc/gallery1/5_std.jpg
Not sure if you realise it, but the 5 separate flowers but are actually one, are the seed pods of the Aquilegia. P.S.Notice you come from Midland. Is that Midlands U.K.?
Expect it would be difficult to be definite on the id, as they hybridize so easily in gardens and such a colour variation among A. vulgaris varieties. Nice that you found some photos that resemble your plants, kind of encouraged to try some seed of the long spurred varieties after looking at photos.
