The new park will lie near Chile’s northern coast ... Desierto Florido National Park will safeguard nearly 200 flower species, including endemic super blooms such as the star-shaped añañucas ...

The central valley is characterized by several species of cacti, the hardy espinos, the Chilean pine, the southern beeches and the copihue, a red bell-shaped flower that is Chile’s national flower.

Chile's Atacama Desert has turned into a mauve-coloured carpet of flowers following a downpour ... Rodrigo Ruiz, acting regional director of Chile's National Tourism Service, Sernatur, said ...