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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: Daisy on February 16, 2013, 03:02:26 PM

Title: Rock plant ID'd by Alice as Ricotia cretica
Post by: Daisy on February 16, 2013, 03:02:26 PM

This little plant is in flower now near my village.
It grows on a rocky cliff, both in the rocks and in the scree at the base of the cliff.
Unfortunately, my camera has changed it's colour.
It is a lilac pink, not blue.
Does anybody know what it is?
Thanks Daisy :)

(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/feb2013014_zps4122ec1e.jpg)

(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/feb2013015_zps21899af7.jpg)


I have changed the colour on this photo, to make it look more like it is.

(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/feb2013016_zps589d4c19.jpg)

Title: Re: Rock plant
Post by: Alice on February 17, 2013, 10:51:02 PM

Daisy, it looks a bit like Ricotia cretica or one of the Malcolmias. I am not sure the leaves are right. Are they feathery or do those belong to another plant?

Title: Re: Rock plant
Post by: JTh on February 18, 2013, 12:12:29 AM

I thought it looked like M. graeca or M. flexuosa, but it is difficult  to see the leaves properly.

Title: Re: Rock plant
Post by: Daisy on February 25, 2013, 08:58:24 AM

I have managed to get a leaf photo.

(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/feb2013009_zpsc8d28e17.jpg)

Hope this helps.
The flowers are cruciform, but are definitely pinker than my camera shows.

(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/feb2013001_zps86e0f089.jpg)

Daisy :)

Title: Re: Rock plant
Post by: Alice on February 25, 2013, 02:27:41 PM

It definitely looks like a Ricotia to me, Daisy. Which one though? It is a small genus, most species being natives of the Eastern Med, so I am sure Oron or Miriam would be able to say. Otherwise a description of the pod might help.

Title: Re: Rock plant
Post by: oron peri on February 25, 2013, 03:14:08 PM

Alice,
 i would go with your first suggestion: Ricotia cretica, the leaves are a good indication.