Flora of the Falkland Islands

These images show a selection of the Falkland Islands flora. Those marked A are aliens to the Islands; those marked N are new records.  Click on the thumbnail to see the full resolution images, which are around 1Mb in size.  See also the pages on the flora of King Edward Point and Bird Island, South Georgia and BAS Scientific Report No 60 The vascular flora of the Falkland Islands.
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Abrotanella emarginata  
(Notched moss-bog)
Acaena lucida 
(Native yarrow)
Acaena lucida 
(Native yarrow)
Acaena magellanica 
(Prickly-burr)
Agoseris coronopifolium (Fuegian hawksbeard) Anagalis alternifolia  
(Pimpernel).
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Apium australe 
(Wild celery).
Armeria maritima 
(Thrift)
Aster vahlii 
(Marsh daisy).
Astelia pumila
(Soft camp-bog)
Azorella lycopodiodes 
(Clubmoss azorella)
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Blechnum magellanicum  
(Tall fern), 
with fertile fronds.
Juvenile B. magellanicum  
(Tall fern)
Blechnum penna-marina 
(Small fern), 
with fertile fronds.
Bolax gumifera 
(Balsam bog).
Botrychium dusenii
(Dusen's moonwort).
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Calluna vulgaris
(Heather)
Caltha appendiculata
(
Dwarf marigold)
Caltha sagittata
(
Arrow-leaved marigold)
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Carex decidua
(Creek sedge)
Carex flacca
(Glaucous sedge)
Carex fuscula 
(Dusky sedge)
Cerastium arvense 
(Field mouse-ear). A.
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Chenopodium macrospermum  
(Goosefoot)
Chevreulia lycopodiodes (Clubmoss cudweed) - seed head. Colobanthus subulatus (Emerald bog) Coronopus didymus  
(Lesser swinecress)
Cortaderia pilosa
 (Whitegrass)
Crassula moschata  
(Native stonecrop).
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Deschampsia flexuosa  
(Wavy hair-grass)
Digitalis purpurea
(Foxglove) N
Drapetes muscosus  
(Drapetes)
Drosera uniflora  
(Sundew)
Euphrasia antarctica  
(Eyebright)
Euphrasia sp 
(Eyebright)
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Fumaria officinalis
(Common fumitory)
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Galium saxatile 
(Heath bedstraw) A
Gamochaeta spiciformis 
(Spiked cudweed)
Gavilea australis 
(Pale yellow orchid)
Gentianella magellanica  
(Felwort)
Gunnera magellanica 
(Pig vine)
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Hebe eliptica
(Boxwood)
Hieracium antarcticum (Antarctic hawkweed) Hieracium aurantiacum (Orange hawkweed) A Hymenophyllum caespitosum 
(Red-haired filmy-fern)
Hypochaeris arenaria (Sand cat's-ear) Isolepis cernua 
(Nodding club-rush)

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Lagenophora nudicaulis  
(Dwarf daisy)
Leptinella scariosa  
(Buttonweed)
Leuceria suaveolens  
(Vanilla daisy)
Lilaeopsis macloviana  
(Lilaeopsis)
Limosella aquatica ?  
(Mudwort) N
Limosella australis 
(Mudwort)
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Lunaria annua 
(Honesty) N
Luzula alopecurus  
(Native wood-rush)
Luzuriaga marginata  
(Almond flower)
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Lycopodium confertum  
(Creeping clubmoss)
Lycopodium confertum ? (Creeping clubmoss) Lycopodium magellanicum (Common clubmoss) Lycopodium magellanicum (Common clubmoss - upright form)
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Marsippospermum grandiflorum
(Tall rush)
Myriophyllum quitense (Water-milfoil) Myrteola nummularia  
(Tea berry)
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Nassauvia gaudichaudii  
(Coastal nassauvia)
Nertera granadensis  
(Beadplant) 
Oreobolus obtusangulus
(Prickly bog)
Oxalis enneaphylla
(Scurvygrass)
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Perezia recurvata (Falkland lavender) Phlebolobium macloviana
(Falkland rock-cress)
Plantago barbata 
(Thrift plantain)
Plantago coronopus  
(Buckshorn plantain). N
Plantago major 
(Greater plantain) N
Poa alopecurus 
(Blue grass)
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Poa flabellata
(Tussac)
Polemonium caerulium
(Jacob's ladder)
Polygonum maritimum  
(Sea knotgrass)
Polystichum mohrioides  
(Shield fern)
Pratia repens
(Berry lobelia)
Primula magellanica  
(Dusty miller)
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Ranunculus acaulis  
(Skottsberg's buttercup)
Ranunculus sceleratus
(Celery-leaved buttercup) N
Ranunculus trullifolius
(Ladle-leaved buttercup)
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Rostkovia magellanica  
(Short rush)
Rorripa nasturtium-aquaticum (Watercress) N Rubus geoides 
(Native strawberry)
Rumex magellanicus  
(Southern dock)
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Schizeilema ranunculus (Buttercup parsley) Senecio candidans 
(Sea cabbage)
Senecio littoralis 
(Woolly ragwort)
Spergula arvensis
(Corn spurrey). A.
Spergularia marina  
(Lesser sea-spurrey)
Stellaria graminea 
(Lesser stichwort) N
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Trifolium fragiferum
(Strawberry clover) X
Trisetum phleoides
(Spiked oat-grass)
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Veronica officinalis 
(Heath speedwell) N
Vicia villosa 
(Fodder vetch). N.

A few of the lower plants

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Marchantia berteroana 
(A liverwort)
 

Lycoperdon sp
(A puffball)

Metzgeria sp
(A liverwort)

   

See also the page on the lower plants of South Georgia

Copyright  Jonathan Shanklin 

Updated 2010 March 8