| Aquilegia grahamii | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aquilegia |
| Species: | A. grahamii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aquilegia grahamii S.L.Welsh & Goodrich |
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Aquilegia grahamii is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name Graham's columbine. It is endemic to Utah in the United States, where it is known only from Uintah County. It occurs in three canyons along the Uinta Mountains. There are an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 individuals.[1]
This perennial herb grows 25 to 60 centimeters tall. The herbage is glandular and sticky. The flower is red and yellow. Blooming occurs in June and July.[1]
This plant grows next to cliffs of sandstone. It is associated with Calamagrostis scopulorum.[1]