CENTAURIUM erythraea Rafin: The Common Centaury. Only one plant so far, but there may be more as they usually flower a bit later than this, and this is low to the ground and other times they have stood up on a longish stalk and in a bigger cluster.
This looks quite sad. Just one flower straggling up the bancale. This bindweed can form lovely drifts across arid patches, and the smaller white form is usually in evidence, but not so far. I haven't given up hope though...
There are other pink things around; vetches and so on, but I haven't captured them yet. Walking around locally, I am reminded of things that are missing, mainly larger plants like the migonette, mallow, chicory, borage and the peculiar Thymelea, but I have a tiny plant of the latter in a plant pot of mixed foliage plants that the builder brought me as a Christmas present, so it may find itself transplanted to the wild...
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Beautiful ground cover. And the what we call the single morning glory is just gorgeous. Do yours have that sweet scent as ours do? When the morning dawns and the dew is yet upon the blossoms we can smell their soft scent. We also have one that only blossoms at night and they too give off a wonderful scent.
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