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Well, been for a brief time at Pembroke and found 2 very strange plants.
The first one is the strangest plant I have ever met. A small bush with small branching stems with a white hair but then ending in spines. Besides there were reddish rounded balls which I do not know if they were flowers or fruits. Could it be the Sarcopterium species recorded from there only?
The other is a miniature Widnet il-Bahar (Palaeocyanus) but has totally different leaves and pinkish flowers. no idea what it is.
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Last edited by IL-PINE on Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Congratulations on Sarcopoteruim. It took me 2 hours to find it when it was in flower.
The other one might be Crupina, but since i have never seen that species i might be wrong.
i have no idea on plant identification but at first glance it reminded me of centaurea jacea which i had come across at ricasoli and if i recall well was identified as such by e.lanfranco and d.stevens
