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Calandrinia feltonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name Felton's flower. It is named after Arthur Felton, a resident of the Falkland Islands, who sent specimens of the plant in 1910 to Swedish botanist Carl Skottsberg.[1]

Calandrinia feltonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Montiaceae
Genus:	Calandrinia
Species:	C. feltonii
Binomial name
Calandrinia feltonii Skottsb.

It is endemic to the Falklands where it nearly became extinct in the wild through overgrazing. It is an annual herb, low-growing and fleshy, with bright, pinkish-purple flowers.[1]

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Sources

• Hince, Bernadette (2000). The Antarctic dictionary: a complete guide to Antarctic English. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9577471-1-1.

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