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I've seen something like this. I thought it was a Melilotus. I think only young leaves have stripes sometimes.

I ment B. rubens. Looks the same (also a bit reddish), but is of a different size. Hard to see on a picture.

Please measure the lemma's; Bromus madritenis 12-20 mm, B. rubens 9-13 mm.

More specific a sawfly (family Tenthredinidae), maybe Athalia glabricollis (Common Sawfly).

Stephen, thanks again for the id. of C. giganteum. On a forum in the Netherlands I posted this picture as well. Learned to recognise C. probstii in the same session. Maybe worth looking out for on Malta.

http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index. ... opic=37084

Fl. Europaea, vol 1, 1993; 'Chenopodium suecicum; Like C. album but usually a rather bright, glaucescent green, somewhat farinose when young; stems not tinged with red; cauline leaves larger, ovate rhombic, with sharp ascending teeth; cymes rather lax; testa with more numerous, closer and deeper ...

Stephen, thanks for the id. of C. giganteum, wouldnt have guessed that! I'll go back to check on the seeds also. Must admit you do your research thorough. Looked in 'Den Nordiska Floran' and I think you're right about C suecicum (in Holland this is not distinguished from C. album, because of the ...

C. ficifolium; look at http://www.s-weeds.net/familjer/centrospermae/chenopodiaceae/pix/ficifol.jpg De first pair of lobes on the leaves are very big, an easy thing to id it from. Stephen's Chenop. looks like C. album. The leaves look thin and are mealy. Wished I could say more about C. murale, but ...

The first looks like Plantago coronopus, (subsp. coronopus is common in Belgium and Holland and is similar except for the bracts and keel).

Thank you! I'm on a learning curve also. Nice pictures again. The overview about the amaranths is very instructive. Still some amaranths to go (Amaranthus graecizans, albus and caudatus)?

Rutger (Male )

This must be a sedum. Suggestion; Sedum dasyphyllum. Leaves bit blue-ish, somewhat flat, perennial, no pointy leaves...

I think so too. On your photo its hard to distinguish bracteoles from the perianth segments. But on some places on your close-up you can see them! The bracteoles are the longer spiny ones, the perianth the inner shorter.

Last picture looks like the fruits of A. viridis. I compared it with a drawing from Viney (Flora of North Cyprus). Perianth segments (should be 3) much smaller than the fruit. They are the tiny ones around the fruit. The bracteoles stayed on the plant! Fruitscin 'tearing jaggedly to release the sead ...

I dont think so. Looked in Weber and Viney (Flora of North Cyprus) and I think its Gastridium ventriculosum. Dont know for sure.

Sorry to go on about fruits/seeds/perianths/petals but you really have to look at this too for a good id. Made a new photo (sorry for the magnified hand!). Upper=A. retroflexus, Lower=A.hybridus (this one ssp. bouchonii). Same level of magnification.

Specimen 3 looks like what I call Amaranthus hybridus. In Belgium/Holland we distinguish A. hybridus hybridus and A. hybridus bouchonii. You need to look at the fruit; if its opening with a 'lid' (hybridus) or irregular (bouchonii). Please look also to the perianth segments (tepals) to be sure its ...

I've got a language problem (got some Dutch in the sentence!). Hopefully by writing some more it will go away. By harvesting I meant; rub the plant hard so the seeds (and perianth segments around it) will fall out.

Amaranthus retroflexus has a hairy stem, the perianth segments are like below. If you trie to identify Amaranthus you have to harvest de seeds with the perianth segments. It is the only way to see it properly. Simply slap it against your hand or on a piece of paper, getting the result below. This ...

Ok, message understood. There was a following question... I'd like to post some questions/photos about unnamed/difficult plants I found on Sicily. Is that ok?

Bought me Weber last april. I also have 'Wildlife of the Maltese islands'. Are there more books about Maltese plants since 1997? Went on holiday in april to Sicily and found many plants well illustrated in the book by Weber. Together with Blamey, Schönfelder (Mittelmeer und Kanarenflora), Flora ...

Thanks. To introduce me; I do field-survey for a living in the Netherlands and Belgium looking for special plants en vegetations. In the holidays I like to go to the mediterranean, looking for plants. Been on Malta also. I remember Ranunculus bullatus (it was december 1997), never seen it again ...

Spinacia oleracea?

I think Vulpia ciliata.