Felton's flower is 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. Some have been found growing wild, although stunted, on Grand Jason and Tea Island. They have been reintroduced successfully at Hill Cove. They are brilliant magenta flowers with orange stamens and can grow long stems if conditions are favourable. Their long stems can be up to 60cm long in good conditions. They open only in a lot of sunshine between 10am and 4pm and emit a caramel scent. Felton’s Flower is endemic to West Falklands. Flowers October to January. (Robin. W Woods).

This plant is legally protected. It is an offence to deliberately pick, collect, cut, uproot or destroy a protected wild plant.

Sources include:,Falkland Islands State of the Environment Report 2008 Otley H, Munro G, Clausen A, Ingham B. Wikipedia, Falklands Conservation, A Field Guide to the Wildlife of The Falkland Islands and South Georgia - Ian J Strange, iucnredlist.org

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