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Calandrinia feltonii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Portulacaceae

Scientific name
  
Calandrinia feltonii

Order
  
Caryophyllales

Genus
  
Calandrinia

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Calandrinia ciliata, Nassauvia, Calandrinia

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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Calandrinia feltonii Wikipedia