A small plant with thick stems reaching 12- 15cm (4.7-5.9 inches). Leaves are bright green and trianglular. Flowers have pale lilac petals with darker lilac lines often almost white at their base, and a green centre. They form clusters at the top of stems so that the plant looks thick and bushy. Flowers January and February, ripening to a capsule of dark brown seeds.
Felwort is native to the Falkands Islands, found on East and West Falklands in acid white grass land, Diddle-dee heath and rocky places. Also found on neighbouring Fuegia and Andean Patagonia to lat 48°S.
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