Location: It is one of the only two higher plant species (of vascular and flowering plants) that can survive in Antarctica below 60˚S. They can be found on the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands, along the Antarctic Peninsula and sometimes even on the southernmost tip of Chile. On in the Antarctic Peninsular, it grows particularly in the western and northern areas, where there is more precipitation and the climate is milder. [2, 3, 4, 8, 9]
Current News: The colobanthus quitensus has been rapidly reproducing, even to areas deeper south, because of the warmer conditions brought about by global warming.This has also caused Antarctic pearlwort plants to develop and increase their number of leaves and the leaves’ surface area. [4]