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Desolation Columbine

Aquilegia desolaticola

Desolation Columbine
Photo: N. Duane Atwood and P. Fontane, Public domain
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Utah
Climate
temperate

About

Aquilegia desolaticola, the desolation columbine or Desolation Canyon columbine, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to Utah.

Where it grows

Aquilegia desolaticola is endemic to Utah and only known from the remote Desolation Canyon on the Green River. It inhabits seeps and adjacent most sandy soils in the Peace River Formation at altitudes of 1,300–1,350 meters (4,300–4,400 ft).

Other Aquilegia plants

Aquilegia alpina · Aquilegia amaliae · Fan Columbine · Aquilegia apuana · Aquilegia aradanica · Aquilegia aragonensis · Dark Columbine · Aquilegia atrovinosa · Atwood's Columbine · Aquilegia aurea · Aquilegia ballii · Aquilegia baluchistanica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilegia desolaticola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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