What's this - a Centraurium?

Requests about identification of wild plants in Malta and Gozo. (Please include precise details and pictures to help the experts in their ID process)

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What's this - a Centraurium?

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The pinkishness and star-shaped flowers indicates Gentianaceae (mostly Centraurium erythrea), but this population (a dozen or 2) was found in July, not higher from 12cm and quite branched.

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Depends on presence of a rosette: C. tenuiflorum or C. pulchellum?
So, you are back in Malta?
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If I remember well, the plant was a branching plant with no evident basal rosette of leaves.

Yes came back at the infeerno at the weekend...
Back to the problems and no space for nature :-( Just missed the Maltese beaches.
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