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Cajas National Park

Wildflowers of Cajas

Small bursts of colour among grasses, shrubs and rocky slopes.

23 photographs · 1 named places

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Orange flowers across the páramo
Orange flowers across the páramo
A purple flower above low plants
A purple flower above low plants
Bright yellow Gentianella hirculus flowers form rounded globes of overlapping red-edged lobes close to the páramo ground.
Gentianella hirculus globito flowers
Five purple petals among grasses
Five purple petals among grasses
Tiny pale flowers on slender stems
Tiny pale flowers on slender stems
Close view of a yellow Ranunculus flower among thin stems and green foliage, with glossy petals surrounding numerous stamens and a green centre.
Ranunculus flower close-up
Orange flower heads beside a misty lake
Orange flower heads beside a misty lakeLuspa
Dense yellow Gynoxys flower clusters cover grey-green shrubs in the páramo at Baute, beside a lake and below grassy slopes with a hiker and mist-covered rocky peaks.
Flowering Gynoxys shrubs below misty peaks
Short clusters of pink and white, urn-shaped Vaccinium floribundum flowers hang from a slender branch among small glossy leaves.
Pink-white Vaccinium floribundum flowers
Purple flowers on a rocky slope
Purple flowers on a rocky slope
Curved pink Pedicularis incurva flowers with dark beaked tips line a purple spike among dry grasses and mossy highland plants.
Pedicularis incurva among páramo grasses
A cushion of orange flowers
A cushion of orange flowers
A small-leaved Valeriana microphylla shrub bears branched clusters of tiny pale purple flowers, with highland grass and water behind.
Valeriana microphylla beside highland water
A red rosette with a yellow centre
A red rosette with a yellow centre
Small white cup-shaped Gentianella flowers cluster above narrow opposite leaves.
White Gentianella flowers
Purple bells in the highland grass
Purple bells in the highland grass
A pink and white Pedicularis incurva flower spike rises above finely divided leaves on mossy ground.
Pedicularis incurva in wet páramo
Pink urn-shaped flowers grow among small leathery leaves. A Gaultheria identification is tentative.
Pink urn flowers among tiny leaves
Red tubular flowers hang in a long raceme among wet leaves. Ribes is a tentative genus candidate.
A drooping red flower raceme
A violet flower rises on a slender stalk above fleshy pink rosettes on a damp bank. Pinguicula calyptrata remains a tentative identification.
A violet flower above pink rosettes
Flower detail
Flower detail
Flower detail
Flower detail
Yellow Hypochaeris flower heads rise from a low rosette beside a rocky overlook. The accepted identification is to genus.
Yellow Hypochaeris above distant lakes

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