Alto Andino Nature Tours

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Trips for wildflowers in Lauca Park

Atacama Desert Flora

Atacama Desert wildflowers in May:
one arroyo at 2,200 masl
not far from Arica

Looks quite desolate from the road, but get a little closer:  
 tiny wildflowers are easy to overlook.

In May there is still enough moisture
 to nurture these beauties, 
but by July it will be bone dry.

  Some wildflowers that bloom in that arroyo in the Atacama Desert
 in March - May include interesting genera Cristaria, Fagonia,
 Hoffmanseggia, Cuscuta, and Gilia, 
amongst others.