Falklands Conservation

Protecting the Unique Wildlife of the Falkland Islands and the South Atlantic

WILDLIFE UNDER THREAT

This plant, named after Arthur Felton, a sheep farmer from West Point Island who first made it known to science, is found only in the Falkland Islands. With a naturally restricted distribution linked to dry, warm soil conditions, the plant proved vulnerable to sheep grazing and has been extinct in the wild from the beginning of this century. Falklands Conservation, in association with the Falklands Department of Agriculture and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is implementing a recovery plan to reintroduce this beautiful plant to the wild using recently discovered flourishing populations in private gardens.

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