A small slightly woody perennial herb. Solitary, bright white six-petalled flowers with a greeny yellow centre. Flowers November to January, the edible fruit, which resembles a raspberry, ripens December to February. Found on East and West Falklands, they are most likely to be in moist and shady areas between rocky outcrops, tussac and white grass heath. Present also on neighbouring Fuegia and Patagonia.

Sources include:, Plants of the Falkland Islands - Ali Liddle 2007, Flowering Plants of the Falkland Islands- Robin W Woods, The Vascular Flora of the Falkland Islands- D. M. Moore, B.Sc., Ph.D, 1968, Field Guide to the Plants of the Falkland Islands- Thomas Heller, Rebecca Upston, Richard Lewis, edited by Colin Clubbe

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