Flor de los Andes

Description:

Small herbs, up to 4 cm tall. The leaves are opposite, up to 0.7 cm long, lanceolate and narrow. The flowers are solitary and erect, up to 10 mm in diameter, funnel-shaped, pale blue or violet, with purple dots in the center and with a yellow throat, rarely white or pale yellow. The flower closes at night or on cold and cloudy days.

Habitat:

It is common in all environments, growing within cushion plants or in the tussock grass.

Notes:

This photo was taken in Ilinizas Ecological Reserve