Pink blooming clover - Trifolium angustifolium

The wild coastal areas where I often go to take some photos of whatever plant grows there is filled with smaller plants and grasses. They survive the hot weather and poor soil. They learned to grow very fast and produce seeds that will wait for the net rainy season.
This is one of them. I always though it was another cool looking grass. Not a grass though :)

Trifolium angustifolium

This delicate pink is a clover and now that I found the name I see the resemblance. All the small flowers have clover shape.
It is also known as narrow-leaved clover and this is why I didn't recognize it from the start. Th leaves are long, more like a grass shape, not like the round clover we know.





It can be found in many parts of the world and various conditions and is consider an invasive plant.



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The flower part elongates as it blooms and the longest I found were about 6 cm, with the total high of the plant up to 25 cm. I am almost sure they could grow taller with a bit more water or better soil.

The little pink flowers are quite adorable and I can imagine they would awesome in a garden among decorative grasses.

Blooming starts in March and with the peak in July will last until June. When the summer heat comes most will die, but if the conditions are right, they can continue until early fall.

This is an annual plant so it will fully die by the winter and in spring new plant will start growing from the last years seeds.

Soon the flowers will fade and will look like this: