some Vicia? (this needs to have more letters)

last year

Switzerland, Z7

found this on a green roof,

the even count of leaflets is a clue, I guess (got rusty over the last decades...)

is it some kind of Vicia or which Fabaceae has those kind of leaves?

It was a rare opportunity that I could visit this green roof, so not sure whether I could go there a second time later on

thanks, Lin

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
last year
A puzzle. It's not something usually used on green roofs so I wonder if it came via a bird.
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linaria_gw
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last year
well, I think they put on a seed mixture of a native meadow on there as well,

other plants I could ID were

Plantago lanceolata

Anthyllum

Potentilla, 2 species

Allium schoenoprasum

annual Sonchus

Hypericum perforatum

(moss, Sedum spec., lichen)

and yes, birds are a likely "seed taxi"
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
last year
Well, the only Fabaceae on that list is the kidney vetch. But it doesn't look like that.
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
last year
An Astragalus?????
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User
last year
Is Phyllanthus urinaria a thing over there?
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
last year
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Not in Switzerland, I don't think. I wondered about it but isn't that alternate rather than opposite?
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last year
Oh, yep, right as usual, floral. Forgot that it was alternate. This one is tricky! Astragalus is as good as any guess i can think of. Maybe more pictures, especailly with flowers, will narrow it down.
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shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)
last year
Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa?
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linaria_gw
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last year
thank you all

so I "missunderestimated" the difficulty,

sorry, not a lot more pics, and the 2 more do not really show the situation at the end of the leaves

Hippocrepis or Astragalus could be options, need to look into it

and perhaps I can go back to the roof in 3-4 weeks