Draba chionophila (Draba chionophila)

Draba chionophila (Brassicaceae) This small plant has been identified by botanists as the vascular plant species that grows highest up in Venezuela (up to 4,700 m.a.s.l.). Its ability to withstand frost and low temperatures has been investigated, and it certainly also resists strong solar radiation. Here it was the only plant for hundreds of meters around, on the Sierra de la Culata in the Venezuelan Andes, but that was no problem for the occasional insect that comes to pollinate it, as seen on the picture. Draba chionophila,Geotagged,Venezuela,Winter

Behavior

Freezing tolerance as a cold resistance mechanism is described for the first time in this plant growing in the tropical range of the Andean high mountains.

References:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draba
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28311850/

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Angiosperms
Class	Eudicots
Order	Brassicales
Family	Brassicaceae
Genus	Draba
Species	Draba chionophila

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Venezuela