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Calandrinia feltonii

Calandrinia feltonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Calandrinia
Species: C. feltonii
Binomial name
Calandrinia feltonii
Skottsb.

Calandrinia feltonii is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family 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.

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.



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