SUBJECT: Ecology of Color: Columbines, Color, Co-Evolution

SPONSOR: SFBG

AUDIENCE: General Public

DATE: Thursday, February 13, 2020

TIME: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

LOCATION: Upstairs Conference Room of the Udall Building, 725 Camino Lejo 

COST: $10 Member/$15 Not-yet-Member

CREDITS: 1.5 CE

Santa Fe Botanical Garden Horticulture Director, Scott Canning, celebrates the ecology of color through the story of the co-evolution of columbines (genus Aquilegia) and their pollinators. Arriving on the North American continent approximately 45,000 years ago, Aquilegia migrated across the Bering land bridge into Alaska and radiated south through the Rocky Mountains. The vibrant colors of this genus in North America evolved in response to available pollinators.