APIACEAE, the umbellifer family.
Azorella prolifera, a xerophytic carrot of the high and dry central Andes:
ASTERACEAE
Chaetanthera spathulifolia, of the high and dry central Andes:
Espeletia sp. from the Colombian Andes:
Nassauvia lagascae, an exceedingly strange composite found near the high camps of Cerro Aconcagua:
Senecio subdiscoideus, a rayless groundsel of the high and dry Central Andes:
BRASSICACEAE
Menonvillea cuneata, endemic to alpine rock slopes of the central Andes:
CALCEOLARIACEAE
Calceolaria filicaulis, of the high and dry central Andes:
CALYCERACEAE
Calycera herbacea, a less approachable constituent of the high and dry central Andes:
FABACEAE, the legume family.
Astragalus arnottianus, an alpine vetch of the central Andes:
Lupinus sp., one of the giant lupines of the high Andes, this from Ecuador:
HYDROPHYLLACEAE
Phacelia brachyantha, inhabiting the high valleys near Cerro Aconcagua:
HYPERICACEAE
Hypericum laricifolium, from the Colombian Andes:
LOASACEAE
Caiophora coronata of the high central Andes:
MONTIACEAE
Cistanthe coronata, of lowlands of the Atacama desert:
OXALIDACEAE
Oxalis erythrorhiza, found in the high and dry central Andes:
PASSIFLORACEAE
Malesherbia multiflora, of the lowland Atacama desert:
PHRYMACEAE
Erythranthe lutea, closely tied to water sources in the high and dry central Andes:
TROPAEOLACEAE
Tropaeolum polyphyllum of the high and dry central Andes:
VERBENACEAE, the verbena family.
Junellia sp. of the high and dry central Andes: