Flowering Plants of the Páramos (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Flowering Plants of the Páramos

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The páramo vegetation is commonly characterized by tussock grasses, low-standing shrubs, and the giant rosettes of the Espeletia (Center), one of the most conspicuous plant endemics of the Andean high elevations.  At the end of rainy season many different plants flower and add a welcome coloring to the mostly grassy scenery, such as Lupinus (purple top left) and Hypericum (yellow bottom left), and a wide range of orchids (yellow top left). 

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Suzette Flantua

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