Orognaphalon

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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Orognaphalon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes four species native to Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela.{{cite web |title=Orognaphalon G.L.Nesom |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77345539-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=27 June 2025}}

Species are herbaceous non-stoloniferous perennials with erect stems, a basal rosette of leaves, and fibrous roots. They grow in high-elevation páramo grasslands in the northern Andes of Colombia and Venezuela,{{cite journal |last=Nesom |first=Guy L. |title=Two new genera of white-bracted Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) from the northern and central Andes |journal=Phytoneuron| volume=2024-37 |pages=1–62 |date=9 May 2024 |issn=2153-733X |url=https://www.phytoneuron.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/37PhytoN-NewGnaphalieaeGenera.pdf}} and the mountains of Costa Rica.

Species

Four species are accepted.

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