Lupines/Lupinus, Tingopampa Valley, Huascaran NP, Peru.

Giant lupines (Lupinus weberbauerii) grow large flower stalks in Tingopampa Valley, on the Santa Cruz Trek in Huascaran National Park, Peru, South America. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, scientific name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). UNESCO honored Huascaran National Park on the World Heritage List in 1985. Cordillera Blanca mountain range is in the Sierra Central of the Peruvian Andes.

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Contained in galleries: PERU: favorites, PERU: Santa Cruz trek, Cord. Blanca, Chavin, 2000

Giant lupines (Lupinus weberbauerii) grow large flower stalks in Tingopampa Valley, on the Santa Cruz Trek in Huascaran National Park, Peru, South America. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, scientific name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). UNESCO honored Huascaran National Park on the World Heritage List in 1985. Cordillera Blanca mountain range is in the Sierra Central of the Peruvian Andes.