Felton's Flower Calandrinia feltonii

Named for Authur Felton who possibly saved this plant from extinction when in 1895 he transplanted some from adjacent Roy Cove into his garden at West Point. It was said that they grew wild at the bases of stone runs on north facing dry ridges. The advent of sheep wiped them out by the early 1900s. They are brilliant magenta flowers with orange stamens and can grow long stems if conditions are favourable. Felton’s Flower is endemic to West Falklands. Some have been found growing wild, although stunted, on Grand Jason and Tea Island. They have been reintroduced successfully at Hill Cove.