Plant List Compiled by Peter Zika
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Patagonia with the Falkland Islands and Cape Horn March 12 – 25, 2016 Plant List Compiled by Peter Zika Stanley, Falkland Islands March 12, 2016 Annual bluegrass Poa annua Antarctic hawkweed Hieracium antarcticum Bentgrass Agrostis capillaris Bladder campion Silene uniflora Canada or creeping thistle Cirsium arvense Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Dock Rumex obtusifolius Falkland woolly ragwort Senecio littoralis—Falklands endemic* Gorse Ulex europaeus Hebe Hebe hybrid Marram grass, beach brass Ammophila arenaria Monterey cypress Cupressus macrocarpa Orange hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum Orchard grass Dactylis glomerata Sword grass or sedge Carex trifida White clover Trifolium repens Yellow lady’s slipper Calceolaria biflora Saunders Island March 13 Boxwood Hebe elliptica Coastal nassauvia Naussauvia gaudichaudii—Falklands endemic* Diddle-dee or red crowberry Empetrum rubrum Pig vine Gunnera magellanica Sea cabbage Senecio candicans Sheep sorrel Rumex acetosella Tall fern Blechnum magellanicum Tussac or tussock grass Parodiochloa flabellata Cape Horn, Chile March 15 Balsam bog Bolax gummifera Boxwood Hebe elliptica Diddle-dee or red crowberry Empetrum rubrum Fescue Festuca (sp.) Giant rush Marsippospermum grandiflorum Meadow foxtail Alopecurus (sp.) Nodding club-rush Isolepis cernua Pig vine Gunnera magellanica Evergreen southern beech Nothofagus betuloides Tussac or tussock grass Parodiochloa flabellata White ragwort, cabbage daisy Senecio acanthifolium Wild celery Apium australe Ushuaia, Argentina March 16 Antarctic eyebright Euphrasia antarctica Antarctic southern beech Nothofagus antarctica Avens Geum magellanicum Broom Genista monspessulana Calafate Berberis buxifolia Curly dock Rumex crispus Dandelion Taraxacum officinale English daisy Bellis perennis Evergreen southern beech Nothofagus betuloides Indian bread Cyttaria darwinii—fungus on southern beech trees Lenga, or tall southern beech Nothofagus pumilio Magellan’s ragwort Senecio magellanica Mare’s tail Hippuris vulgaris Mistletoe Misodendrum punctulatum—parasite on southern beech trees Old man’s beard Usnea (sp.)—lichens on southern beech trees Pickwood Maytenus magellanica Saxifrage Saxifraga magellanica Starflower Pratia repens Stick-tight Acaena magellanica Sweet cicely Osmorhiza berteroi Trailplant Adenocaulon chilense Water milfoil Myriophyllum quitense White clover Trifolium repens—several four-leaf clovers found Winter’s bark Drimys winteri Wild currant Ribes magellanicum Wild geranium Geranium magellanicum Yellow orchid Gavilea lutea Yellow violet Viola reichei Glacier Alley March 17 Chaura Gaultheria mucronata—edible pink berries Evergreen southern beech Nothofagus betuloides—some with red round galls Giant rush Marsippospermum grandiflorum Holly-leaved barberry Berberis ilicifolia Short rush Rostkovia magellanica Thrift Armeria maritima (including A. macloviana) Viviparous bluegrass Poa (sp.) Winter’s bark Drimys winteri Agostini Fjord March 18 Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera Santa Maria Channel March 19 Button weed Leptinella scariosa Firecrown’s delight, Coicopihue Philesia magellanica (Philesiaceae) Cypress Pilgerodendron uviferum Devil’s bush Pseudopanax laetevirens (Araliaceae—palmate leaves) Evergreen southern beech Nothofagus betuloides Fuinque, romerillo Lomatia ferruginea (Proteaceae—pinnate leaves) Large gunnera, nalca, pangue Gunnera tinctoria Hairgrass Deschampsia (sp.) Mountain berry or swamp berry Gaultheria pumila Pig vine Gunnera magellanica Plantain Plantago lanceolata Soap suds lichen Perhaps a Cetraria (sp.) Torres del Paine National Park March 20 Antarctic southern beech Nothofagus antarctica Black bush, mata negra Mulguraea tridens—endemic to Patagonia; Juniella Cats ear Hypochaeris radicata Eyebright Euphrasia antartica Filaree Erodium cicutarium Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Poison hemlock Conium maculatum Redclaws Escallonia rubra Scentless chamomille Tripleurospermum maritimum Sheep sorrel Rumex acetosella Silver hair-grass Aira caryophyllea Small-leaved barberry, calafate Berberis microphylla Spiny mother-in-law cushion Mulinum spinosum Stick-tight Acaena ovalifolia Water starwort Callitriche (sp.) Wild geranium Geranium magellanicum Woolly ragwort Senecio magellanica Yarrow Achillea millefolium Yellow-eyed grass Sisyrinchium patagonicum—endemic to Patagonia Puerto Natales / Mylodon Cave / Santa Maria Channel March 21 Alfalfa Medicago sativa Beach grass Leymus mollis Beach orache Atriplex (sp.) Christmas bush Baccharis magellanica Firecrown’s delight, coicopihue Philesia magellanica—large, red three-petaled flowers Fragile fern Cystopteris fragilis—the only plant in Mylodon Cave Lenga, or tall southern beech Nothofagus pumilio Pixie cup Lichen Red clover Trifolium pretense—state flower of Vermont Scentless chamomille Tripleurospermum maritimum Spearmint Mentha spicata Sticktight Acaena pinnatifida White clover Trifolium repens Woolly ragwort Senecio magellanica Yarrow Achillea millefolium—pink-and-white floral forms Pio Glacier March 22 Astelia, or soft camp bog Astelia pumila Buttercup Ranunculus (sp.) Chapico or taique Desfontainia spinosa—orange-and-yellow tubular flowers Magellanic clubmoss Lycopodium magellanicum—combustible spores Peat moss Sphagnum magellanicum Sundew Drosera uniflora—carnivorous Zodiac Cruise en route to Chiloe Island March 24 Arrayan Luma apiculate—fragrant white flowers Chilean salal Gaultheria phyllyreaefolia—pink berries Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica—red flowers pollinated by green-backed firecrowns Chiloe Island March 25 Ampe Lophosoria quadripinnata—large bracken-like fern Apple Malus pumila—common in orchards Arrayan Luma apiculate—fragrant white flowers Bamboo Cusquea quila Blackberry Rubus (sp.)—pink flowers, black edible berries, introduced Bracket fungus or oreja de palo Trametes versicolor—woody fungus on trees Cane Leptocarpus chilensis—common reed on marshy shores Chile fern Blechnum chilense—very common and tall on paths Filmy fern Hymenoglossum cruentum—translucent epiphyte Forking fern Gleichenia squamulosa—boggy ground in full sun Lombardy poplar Populus nigra Monkey puzzle tree Araucaria—cultivated in town Murta Ugni molinae Poe Fascicularia bicolor Narapo Notanthera corymbosus Scarlet bush, or notro o Ciruelillo Embothrium coccineum Tenio Rhaphithamnus spinosus Three-wing Baccharis sagittalis—Aster Family Yellow lupine Lupinus arboreus Key Common Name Scientific Name .