RANUNCULACEAE

Aquilegia chrysantha

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habit showing leaves open flowers - do you see how each of the five petals is elongated into a spur?  These spurs contain nectar.   What might pollinate a flower like this?
flower closeup, showing nectar spurs and stamens flower looking face-on--can you find the different floral whorls here?

leaves  
  the green structures are the extended styles/stigmas