Unknown plant with thick leaves

Post by **MWP admin** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:22 pm

Found this young plant growing on rocky coastal area. Any ideas what might be?

Some sedum ?!

Post by **MWP admin** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:07 pm

Any fresh ideas on this one ???

RutgerB · Post by **RutgerB** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:51 pm

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

Post by **MWP admin** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:49 am

Sedum dasyphyllum is reported from Malta (and is a rare plant too!), so theoretically it can be that. I have checked a number of photos on the internet (plenty of sites available) and I admit that there are similarities in the leaves.
examples:

http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/cas-med/im ... 81968.html

Previous to Rutger's post, my opinion was some young mesembryanthemum nodiflorum.

Edwin Lanfranco · Post by **Edwin Lanfranco** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:11 pm

Not a sedum. More like a Mesembrianthemum, but strange. One should follow it

Post by **MWP admin** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:29 am

Post by **MWP admin** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:03 am

I think I solved this case. Out of all wonders it must be a strange form of Lotus cytisoides. The leaves look alike and the photo taken from same location!

Feedback welcomed.

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:57 am

il-marija madonna!

Try searching other Lotus sp. --> might be another species.!

Post by **MWP admin** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:19 pm

Pine, I gave a quick look at photos of L. cytisoides and the leaves and fruit where not much different, and the habitat is the same. I am 99.9% sure that the latter plant, and the first plant posted 1 year ago are from the same popualtion.

Just for curiosity, what feature makes you think that the last photo is not L. cytisoides?