Calandrinia_ciliata
Calandrinia ciliata
Species of flowering plant
Calandrinia ciliata is a species of flowering plant known as fringed redmaids[3] and red-maids.[4] While formerly included in the Purslane family,[5] it is now treated as a member of the family Montiaceae.[6]
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico and Guatemala, where it is widespread and common. It can also be found in western and southern South America, from Venezuela and Colombia through the Andean countries to southern Argentina and Chile. It has been introduced to the Falkland Islands.[2]
In the Falkland Islands iT is known by the synonym Calandrinia feltonii, and 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 nearly became extinct in the wild on the islands through overgrazing.[7]