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The flowering desert involves more than 200 species of flower, [7] most of them endemic to the Atacama region. The different species germinate at different times through the flowering desert period. Some of the most common species include: [8] Garra de león (Bomarea ovallei) Pata de guanaco (Cistanthe grandiflora) Añañuca (Rhodolirium montanum)
Swaths of the Atacama Desert’s usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers.
The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.
Copiapoa is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, from the dry coastal deserts, particularly the Atacama Desert, of northern Chile. Description [ edit ]
The fragrant yellow flowers open widely and are 3–3.5 cm (1.2–1.4 in) long. They are followed by green to rose coloured fruits. [1] Growing in the Atacama Desert, [1] one of the driest places in the world, [2] it has a taproot which is considerably longer than the stem, which it uses for storing water. [3]
The species is native to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Description ... Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers. Colour Library Books. p. 443.
They are herbs and shrubs that grow in the Atacama Desert and the Andes. They have yellow or pink flower corollas and white or colored petal-like sepals . Cruckshanksia pumila is an annual species that grows in dry regions and only appears after rare rain events; it is generally seen every three to five years during El Niño .
South of Loa River and west of Cordillera Domeyko, the Atacama Desert is completely destitute of vegetation. In the valleys of the Copiapó and Huasco rivers a meagre vegetation is to be found near their channels, apart from what is produced by irrigation, but the surface of the plateau and the dry. River channels below the sierras are ...