Yellow flowers of Haplocarpha rueppellii (family Asteraceae) at Shipton's Camp on Mount Kenya, East Africa.

Yellow flowers of Haplocarpha rueppellii (family Asteraceae) at Shipton's Camp on Mount Kenya, East Africa. Haplocarpha rueppellii is a very low (1–8 cm high) perennial plant with a ground rosette of entire leaves and short-stemmed, yellow flowerheads, that contain both ray and disc florets. The species is an endemic of the highlands of Ethiopia and eastern Africa. We trekked on Mt Kenya for 7 days sleeping in tents plus 1 hut to escape wind. Mount Kenya National Park is honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve. The Republic of Kenya is named after Mount Keny.a

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Yellow flowers of Haplocarpha rueppellii (family Asteraceae) at Shipton's Camp on Mount Kenya, East Africa. Haplocarpha rueppellii is a very low (1–8 cm high) perennial plant with a ground rosette of entire leaves and short-stemmed, yellow flowerheads, that contain both ray and disc florets. The species is an endemic of the highlands of Ethiopia and eastern Africa. We trekked on Mt Kenya for 7 days sleeping in tents plus 1 hut to escape wind. Mount Kenya National Park is honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve. The Republic of Kenya is named after Mount Keny.a