#coronilla

[margocooper]

Золотой ковер из Вязеля (Coronilla) или Заячьего клевера. Golden carpet made from Coronilla or Hare's clover.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 7 May 2026

In late winter and early spring the small evergreen shrub Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina' is covered in small, fragrant, lemon-yellow flowers. It thrives in a range of sunny, sheltered sites and often has flowers all year round.

Jill Raggett

[alexlacquemanne]

Coronilla valentina

[thatscarletflycatcher]

@fictionadventurer's post today about the imagery of the suitors in Lily Between Worlds -specifically the warrior- made me think of this poem (originally in Spanish) by Santos Inzaurralde, about a tree, the Scutia Buxifolia, a common native species:

Tough Wood, Coronilla

(Prologue to Coronilla)

It takes work for you to burn, but, once you catch fire, you don't die out; I just stir the cinders, and lit up like a firefly, you move your wings. In turn, the kindling burns immediately; just a breath and it turns flame, the crackling flame of a minute, that barely gives heat, even less so embers. Sitting by the fire I'm thinking, how much like twins are, wood and soul; there's souls that give of themselves without wearing out, and there's those that without giving, get worn out fast. How often is one deceived by the appearance of so much bright kindling, that in a few minutes dazzles you, but shortly afterwards, there's nothing left.

Coronilla

How alike we are, Coronilla, both born on the back of a hill range, rooting down, like a reaching hand, to anchor the soul between the stones! We don't give ourselves out in flowers, instead, we give shelter in the storm; we don't give fruit either, and yet, a passionflower that can, will wrap around us. The thorns we show, only have the harsh appearance of wild surliness; the only one that gets hurt by them is the one that attempts to enter our heart, but by force; or to tear from us a nest, because a nest never dies alone, and always takes with it the song it was incubating, to give it a beak in Spring. We are in the woods the strongest, almost blood the wood inside; which if it burns ember by night, it will still be bright as a star by midday. We don't wear out in smoke, and yet, if the wood has to burn, it will burn! They may burn the body but never the soul, because the soul, that is root, lives in the stone. Here, in the city, I am a stranger; I miss in anguish my home, and try, on the asphalt, to give shade, the fraternal shade that man carries with him. And even as it pains the soul to feel the distance, and even as it feels the bleeding absence of the blue cardinal and the chalk-browed mockingbird, the claveles del aire and the carquejas; the flying ember of the scarlet flycatcher, the chilca, the romerillo, and the marcela, I don't let go of my ember because even alone, a single coronilla, makes a hill range. How alike we are, Coronilla; born on the back of a hill range, and rooting down, like a reaching hand, to anchor the soul between the stones!

Here you can hear it sung by folk singer Santiago Chalar:

[catolicos-buscando-la-santidad]

[boschintegral-photo]

Crown Vetch (Securigera Varia)

[stefano-bonalume]

Securigera varia (sin. Coronilla varia)

[kinanyaan]

Mystic Messenger Flower Project [4/15]

Which your fav MC? Mine are MC 1, MC 2, and MC 4

I can't draw the MC 5 a.k.a the Unicorn MC as a human, so I just drew MC 1 until MC 4 lol

I chose the flowers because of their meaning that can fit each MM characters personalities and characteristics from my opinion

So, here is their meaning: [MC 1] Carnation (Pink) means I'll never forget you [MC 2] Galax means encouragement [MC 3] Coronilla means success to you [MC 4] Edelweiss means daring, courage, noble purity