Plants native to Falkland Is.

We document 97 of the 176 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Falkland Is.. Native means native: introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where these plants are from, not everywhere they now grow.

Documented 97 Native, per Kew 176 Coverage 55% TDWG FAL

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 97 native to Falkland Is.

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Acaena magellanica (Lam.) Vahl Rosaceae 8
Acaena ovalifolia Ruiz & Pav. Rosaceae 8
Adiantum chilense Kaulf. Pteridaceae 8
Alopecurus magellanicus Lam. Poaceae 8
Anthoxanthum redolens (Vahl) P.Royen Poaceae 8
Arachnitis uniflora Phil. Corsiaceae 8
Armeria curvifolia Bertero Plumbaginaceae 8
Asplenium dareoides Desv. Aspleniaceae 8
Astelia pumila (J.R.Forst.) Gaudich. Asteliaceae 8
Austroblechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Austrolycopodium magellanicum (P.Beauv.) Holub Lycopodiaceae 8
Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer Poaceae 8
Azorella filamentosa Lam. Apiaceae 8
Azorella monantha Clos Apiaceae 8
Baccharis magellanica (Lam.) Pers. Asteraceae 8
Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Spreng. Apiaceae 8
Calceolaria biflora Lam. Calceolariaceae 8
Cardamine glacialis (G.Forst.) DC. Brassicaceae 8
Carex canescens L. Cyperaceae 8
Carex macloviana d'Urv. Cyperaceae 8
Carex magellanica Lam. Cyperaceae 8
Carex trifida Cav. Cyperaceae 8
Chiliotrichum diffusum (G.Forst.) Kuntze Asteraceae 8
Chloraea fonkii Phil. Orchidaceae 8
Codonorchis lessonii (d'Urv.) Lindl. Orchidaceae 8
Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. Caryophyllaceae 8
Colobanthus subulatus (d'Urv.) Hook.f. Caryophyllaceae 8
Crassula moschata G.Forst. Crassulaceae 8
Deschampsia antarctica É.Desv. Poaceae 8
Drosera uniflora Willd. Droseraceae 8
Empetrum rubrum Vahl ex Willd. Ericaceae 8
Epilobium ciliatum Raf. Onagraceae 8
Euphrasia antarctica Benth. Orobanchaceae 8
Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd. Asteraceae 8
Gaultheria pumila (L.f.) D.J.Middleton Ericaceae 8
Gavilea australis (Skottsb.) M.N.Correa Orchidaceae 8
Gentianella magellanica (Gaudich.) Fabris Gentianaceae 8
Gunnera magellanica Lam. Gunneraceae 8
Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Cyperaceae 8
Juncus bufonius L. Juncaceae 8
Koeleria spicata (L.) Barberá, Quintanar, Soreng & P.M.Peterson Poaceae 8
Lepidium didymum L. Brassicaceae 8
Leptinella scariosa Cass. Asteraceae 8
Lilaeopsis occidentalis J.M.Coult. & Rose Apiaceae 8
Limosella australis R.Br. Plantaginaceae 8
Lobelia oligophylla (Wedd.) Lammers Campanulaceae 8
Lomariocycas magellanica (Mett.) Gasper & A.R.Sm. Blechnaceae 8
Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej. Juncaceae 8
Luzuriaga marginata (Gaertn.) Benth. & Hook.f. Alstroemeriaceae 8
Lysimachia amoena (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Hassemer, Funez & R.Trevis. Primulaceae 8
Marsippospermum grandiflorum (L.f.) Hook. Juncaceae 8
Microschizaea australis (Gaudich.) C.F.Reed Schizaeaceae 8
Montia fontana L. Montiaceae 8
Myriophyllum quitense Kunth Haloragaceae 8
Myrteola nummularia (Poir.) O.Berg Myrtaceae 8
Nanodea muscosa C.F.Gaertn. Santalaceae 8
Nertera granadensis (Mutis ex L.f.) Druce Rubiaceae 8
Oxalis enneaphylla Cav. Oxalidaceae 8
Parablechnum chilense (Kaulf.) Gasper & Salino Blechnaceae 8
Perezia recurvata Less. Asteraceae 8
Poa flabellata (Lam.) Raspail Poaceae 8
Primula magellanica Lehm. Primulaceae 8
Psychrophila sagittata (Cav.) Bercht. & J.Presl Ranunculaceae 8
Ranunculus acaulis DC. Ranunculaceae 8
Rubus geoides Sm. Rosaceae 8
Rumohra adiantiformis (G.Forst.) Ching Dryopteridaceae 8
Saxifraga magellanica Poir. Saxifragaceae 8
Schoenoplectus californicus (C.A.Mey.) Soják Cyperaceae 8
Senecio candidans DC. Asteraceae 8
Senecio littoralis Gaudich. Asteraceae 8
Sisyrinchium chilense Hook. Iridaceae 8
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser Caryophyllaceae 8
Sticherus cryptocarpus (Hook.) Ching Gleicheniaceae 8
Symphyotrichum vahlii (Gaudich.) G.L.Nesom Asteraceae 8
Veronica elliptica G.Forst. Plantaginaceae 8
Viola maculata Cav. Violaceae 8
Ranunculus hydrophilus Gaudich. ex Mirb. Ranunculaceae 7
Austrolycopodium confertum (Willd.) Holub Lycopodiaceae 6
Gaultheria antarctica Hook.f. Ericaceae 6
Hydrogalium antarcticum (Hook.f.) Kadereit & Schneew. Rubiaceae 6
Rostkovia magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f. Juncaceae 6
Carex banksii Boott Cyperaceae 5
Carex fuscula d'Urv. Cyperaceae 5
Gentiana gayi Griseb. Gentianaceae 5
Hymenophyllum caespitosum Gaudich. Hymenophyllaceae 5
Scutellaria nummulariifolia Hook.f. Lamiaceae 5
Apium australe Thouars Apiaceae 4
Festuca contracta Kirk Poaceae 4
Junellia tridactylites (Lag.) Moldenke Verbenaceae 4
Lagenophora nudicaulis (Lam.) T.R.Dudley Asteraceae 4
Botrychium dusenii (Christ) Alston Ophioglossaceae 3
Leucheria suaveolens (d'Urv.) Speg. Asteraceae 3
Luzula alopecurus Desv. Juncaceae 3
Potamogeton linguatus Hagstr. Potamogetonaceae 3
Tetroncium magellanicum Willd. Juncaginaceae 3
Viola magellanica G.Forst. Violaceae 3
Viola tridentata Sm. Violaceae 3

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 79 more species as native to Falkland Is. that we do not document. They are real, accepted plants. They have no page here because we could not find three photographs of them licensed for commercial use, and this site publishes no species it cannot show you. That gap is the honest measure of what we are missing, and it is why we print both numbers rather than the flattering one.

This is a checklist of what is native, not a guide to what will grow in your garden, and it carries no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not have those from a source we can cite.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). Native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country (FAL). Introduced, extinct and doubtful records excluded. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
  2. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  3. iNaturalist. Photographs, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.