Monnina solandrifolia

Native to the Andes of Colombia and Táchira in Venezuela, this shrub grows about 3 to 10 feet tall and is found in mountain forests and along shrubby páramo edges. It has spoon-shaped leaves and branched flower clusters with widely spreading side branches. The flowers have blue sepals and petals that are blue at the base and yellow toward the tip. It is cultivated as an ornamental in Bogotá. Photographed in the department of Antioquia, Colombia.