Falklands Conservation

FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS

Nomenclature follows The Vascular Flora of the Falkland Islands: an Annotated Checklist and Atlas, David A. Broughton and James H. McAdam, Falklands Conservation, 2002.

English names are given first followed by any local names in brackets and the scientific name in italics.

I = introduced, E = endemic 1. Lycopodiaceae
Fir Clubmoss Creeping Clubmoss Common Clubmoss			Huperzia fuegiana Lycopodium confertum Lycopodium magellanicum
2. Adiantaceae
Maidenhair-fern			Adiantum chilense
3. Aspleniaceae
Spleenwort Hart's-tongue			Asplenium dareoides Asplenium scolopendrium	I
4. Blechnaceae
Chilean Tall-fern Tall-fern Small-fern			Blechnum cordatum Blechnum magellanicum Blechnum penna-marina
5. Dryopteridaceae
Broad Buckler-fern Male-fern Shield-fern Leathery Shield-fern			Dryopteris dilatata Dryopteris filix-mas Polystichum mohrioides Rumohra adiantiformis	I I
6. Gleicheniaceae
Coral-fern			Gleichenia cryptocarpa
7. Grammitidaceae
Strap-fern			Grammitis poeppigiana
8. Hymenophyllaceae
Falkland Filmy-fern Twisted Filmy-fern Red-haired Filmy-fern			Hymenophyllum falklandicum Hymenophyllum tortuosum Serpyllopsis caespitosa
9. Ophioglossaceae
Dusen’s Moonwort Adder’s-tongue			Botrychium dusenii Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
10. Woodsiaceae
Brittle Bladder-fern			Cystopteris fragilis
11. Cupressaceae
Monterey Cypress		Cupressus macrocarpa		I
12. Pinaceae
Sitka Spruce			Picea sitchensis	I
13. Aceraceae
Sycamore			Acer pseudoplatanus	I
14. Apiaceae
Wild Celery Wiry Azorella Clubmoss Azorella Tufted Azorella Cushion-plant Balsam-bog Hemlock Marsh Pennywort Lilaeopsis Hooker's Sweet Cicely Buttercup-parsley			Apium australe Azorella filamentosa Azorella lycopodioides Azorella monantha Azorella selago Bolax gummifera Conium maculatum Hydrocotyle chamaemorus Lilaeopsis macloviana Oreomyrrhis hookeri Schizeilema ranunculus	I
15. Asteraceae
Notched Moss-bog Yarrow Fuegian Hawks-beard Corn Chamomile Stinking Chamomile Marsh Daisy Christmas-bush Daisy Pot Marigold Slender Thistle Cornflower Clubmoss Cudweed Fachine Creeping Thistle Spear Thistle Smooth Hawks-beard Hairy Daisy American Cudweed Antarctic Cudweed Falkland Cudweed Spiked Cudweed Jersey Cudweed Antarctic Hawkweed Orange Hawkweed Patagonian Hawkweed Mouse-ear-hawkweed Sand Cat's-ear Cat's-ear Dwarf Daisy Rough Hawkbit Buttonweed Oxeye Daisy Vanilla Daisy Pineappleweed Coastal Nassauvia Snakeplant Falkland Lavender Sea Cabbage European Ragwort Woolly Ragwort Oxford Ragwort Smooth Ragwort Sticky Groundsel Groundsel Milk Thistle Prickly Sow-thistle Smooth Sow-thistle Feverfew Tansy Gillies' Dandelion Dandelion Scentless Mayweed			Abrotanella emarginata Achillea millefolium Agoseris coronopifolium Anthemis arvensis Anthemis cotula Aster vahlii Baccharis magellanica Bellis perennis Calendula officinalis Carduus tenuiflorus Centaurea cyanus Chevreulia lycopodioides Chiliotrichum diffusum Cirsium arvense Cirsium vulgare Crepis capillaris Erigeron incertus Gamochaeta americana Gamochaeta antarctica Gamochaeta malvinensis Gamochaeta spiciformis Gnaphalium luteoalbum Hieracium antarcticum Hieracium aurantiacum Hieracium patagonicum Hieracium pilosella Hypochoeris arenaria Hypochoeris radicata Lagenifera nudicaulis Leontodon hispidus Leptinella scariosa Leucanthemum vulgare Leucheria suaveolens Matricaria discoidea Nassauvia gaudichaudii Nassauvia serpens Perezia recurvata Senecio candidans Senecio jacobea Senecio littoralis Senecio squalidus Senecio vaginatus Senecio viscosus Senecio vulgaris Silybum marianum Sonchus asper Sonchus oleraceus Tanacetum parthenium Tanacetum vulgare Taraxacum gilliesii Taraxacum officinale Tripleurospermum inodorum	I I I I I I I I E I I I E E E I I I I I I E I E E I E I E I I I I I I I I I
16. Berberidaceae
Calafate			Berberis buxifolia	I
17. Boraginaceae
Field Forget-me-not Changing Forget-me-not			Myosotis arvensis Myosotis discolor	I I
18. Brassicaceae
Swede Cabbage Turnip Shepherd's-purse Bitter-cress Hairy Bitter-cress English Scurvygrass Lesser Swine-cress Whitlowgrass Fuegian Whitlowgrass Treacle Mustard Wallflower Dame’s-violet Falkland Rock-cress Radish White Mustard Hedge Mustard			Brassica napus Brassica oleracea Brassica rapa Capsella bursa-pastoris Cardamine glacialis Cardamine hirsuta Cochlearia officinalis Coronopus didymus Draba funiculosa Draba magellanica Erysimum cheiranthoides Erysimum cheiri Hesperis matronalis Phlebolobium maclovianum Raphanus sativus Sinapis alba Sisymbrium officinale	I I I I I I I I I E I I I
19. Callitrichaceae
Water-starwort			Callitriche antarctica
20. Calyceraceae
False-plantain			Nastanthus falklandicus	E
21. Campanulaceae
Harebell Berry-lobelia			Campanula rotundifolia Pratia repens	I
22. Caprifoliaceae
Honeysuckle Elder	Lonicera periclymenum Sambucus nigra			I I
23. Caryophyllaceae
Corn Cockle Field Mouse-ear Common Mouse-ear Sticky Mouse-ear Andean Pearlwort Emerald-bog* Procumbent Pearlwort Red Campion White Campion Bladder Campion Corn Spurrey Lesser Sea-spurrey Stitchwort Chickweed			Agrostemma githago Cerastium arvense Cerastium fontanum Cerastium glomeratum Colobanthus quitensis Colobanthus subulatus Sagina procumbens Silene dioica Silene latifolia Silene vulgaris Spergula arvensis Spergularia marina Stellaria debilis Stellaria media	I I I I I I I I I
* 'Bog' is the Falkland term for any cushion or densely tufted plant.
24. Celastraceae
Pickwood			Maytenus magellanica	I
25. Chenopodiaceae
Spear-leaved Orache Goosefoot Shrubby Seablite			Atriplex prostrata Chenopodium macrospermum Suaeda argentinensis	I
26. Crassulaceae
Native Stonecrop Biting Stonecrop			Crassula moschata Sedum acre	I
27. Droseraceae
Sundew			Drosera uniflora
28. Ericaceae
Heather Diddle-dee Antarctic Mountainberry Mountainberry			Calluna vulgaris Empetrum rubrum Gaultheria antarctica Gaultheria pumila	I
29. Euphorbiaceae
Sun Spurge Petty Spurge Annual Mercury			Euphorbia helioscopia Euphorbia peplus Mercurialis annua	I I I
30. Fabaceae
Bird’s-foot-trefoil Greater Bird’s-foot-trefoil Tree Lupin Hare’s-foot Clover Golden Clover Hop Trefoil Lesser Trefoil Strawberry Clover Alsike Clover Red Clover White Clover Gorse Tufted Vetch Hairy Tare Common Vetch Bush Vetch			Lotus corniculatus Lotus pedunculatus Lupinus arboreus Trifolium arvense Trifolium aureum Trifolium campestre Trifolium dubium Trifolium fragiferum Trifolium hybridum Trifolium pratense Trifolium repens Ulex europaeus Vicia cracca Vicia hirsuta Vicia sativa Vicia sepium	I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
31. Fagaceae
Southern Beech			Nothofagus betuloides	I
32. Fumariaceae
Fumitory			Fumaria officinalis	I
33. Gentianaceae
Lesser Centaury Felwort			Centaurium pulchellum Gentianella magellanica	I
34. Geraniaceae
Common Storks-bill Dove's-foot Cranes-bill Herb Robert			Erodium cicutarium Geranium molle Geranium robertianum	I I I
35. Grossulariaceae
Magellanic Currant Black Currant Gooseberry			Ribes magellanicum Ribes nigrum Ribus uva-crispa	I I I
36. Gunneraceae
Pigvine			Gunnera magellanica
37. Haloragaceae
Water-milfoil			Myriophyllum quitense
38. Lamiaceae
Henbit Dead-nettle Cut-leaved Dead-nettle Red Dead-nettle Spearmint Peppermint Apple-mint Selfheal Skullcap			Lamium amplexicaule Lamium hybridum Lamium purpureum Mentha spicata Mentha x piperita Mentha x villosa Prunella vulgaris Scutellaria nummulariifolia	I I I I I I I
39. Myrtaceae
Teaberry			Myrteola nummularia
40. Onagraceae
American Willowherb Fuchsia Large-flowered Fuchsia			Epilobium ciliatum Fuchsia magellanica Fuchsia ‘Corallina’	I I I
41. Oxalidaceae
Scurvygrass			Oxalis enneaphylla
42. Papaveraceae
Long-headed Poppy Cream-cups Poppy			Papaver dubium Platystemon californicus	I I
43. Plantaginaceae
Shoreweed Thrift Plantain Ribwort Plantain Sea Plantain Moore's Plantain			Littorella australis Plantago barbata Plantago lanceolata Plantago maritima Plantago moorei	I E
44. Plumbaginaceae
Thrift			Armeria maritima
45. Polygonaceae
Redshank Knotgrass Sea Knotgrass Rhubarb Sheep’s Sorrel Round-seeded Sheep’s Sorrel Curled Dock Southern Dock Broad-leaved Dock			Persicaria maculosa Polygonum aviculare Polygonum maritimum Rheum x hybridum Rumex acetosella Rumex acetosella ssp. Pyrenaicus Rumex crispus Rumex magellanicus Rumex obtusifolius	I I I I I I I
46. Portulacaceae
Felton's Flower Calandrinia (unnamed) Springbeauty Blinks			Calandrinia feltonii Calandrinia sp. Claytonia perfoliata Montia fontana	I ? I
47. Primulaceae
Pimpernel Dusty Miller			Anagallis alternifolia Primula magellanica
48. Ranunculaceae
Dwarf Marigold Arrow-leaved Marigold Silvery Buttercup Skottsberg's Buttercup Antarctic Buttercup Marsh Buttercup Falkland Buttercup False Ladle-leaved Buttercup Creeping Buttercup Silky Buttercup Ladle-leaved Buttercup			Caltha appendiculata Caltha sagittata Hamadryas argentea Ranunculus acaulis Ranunculus biternatus Ranunculus hydrophilus Ranunculus maclovianus Ranunculus pseudotrullifolius Ranunculus repens Ranunculus sericocephalus Ranunculus trullifolius	E I
49. Rosaceae
Antarctic Prickly-burr Native Yarrow Prickly-burr Oval-leaved Prickly-burr Dwarf Prickly-burr Parsley-piert Silverweed Falkland Strawberry Raspberry Rowan			Acaena antarctica Acaena lucida Acaena magellanica Acaena ovalifolia Acaena pumila Aphanes arvensis Potentilla anserina Rubus geoides Rubus idaeus Sorbus aucuparia	I I I I
50. Rubiaceae
Antarctic Bedstraw Cleavers Heath Bedstraw Beadplant			Galium antarcticum Galium aparine Galium saxatile Nertera granadensis	I I
51. Salicaceae
White Poplar			Populus alba	I
52. Santalaceae
Foxberry		Nanodea muscosa
53. Saxifragaceae
Saxifrage			Saxifraga magellanica
54. Scrophulariaceae
Yellow Lady's Slipper Lady's Slipper Eyebright Boxwood Hedge Veronica Mudwort Pale Toadflax Green Field Speedwell Wall Speedwell Thyme-leaved Speedwell			Calceolaria biflora Calceolaria fothergillii Euphrasia antarctica Hebe elliptica Hebe x franciscana Limosella australis Linaria repens Veronica agrestis Veronica arvensis Veronica serpyllifolia	E I I I I I
55. Solanaceae
Potato		Solanum tuberosum		I
56. Thymelaeaceae
Drapetes			Drapetes muscosus
57. Urticaceae
Stinging Nettle Small Nettle			Urtica dioica Urtica urens	I I
58. Valerianaceae
Valerian-bog Lamb’s Lettuce			Valeriana sedifolia Valerianella locusta	I
59. Violaceae
Field Pansy Common Violet Fuegian Violet Mountain Violet			Viola arvensis Viola maculata Viola magellanica Viola tridentata	I
MAGNOLIOPSIDA: LILIDAE
60. Agavaceae
New Zealand Flax		Phormium tenax		I
61. Alliaceae
Chives Three-cornered Garlic		Allium schoenoprasum Allium triquetrum		I I
62. Amaryllidaceae
Daffodil		Narcissus pseudonarcissus		I
63. Asteliaceae
Soft-camp-bog		Astelia pumila		I