Calle de las Clavelinas
It takes its name from the wild pink, the small pink flower, within a group of streets in Valdeacederas named after flowers.
The wild pink is the small carnation, the wild cousin of the garden variety. It belongs to the genus Dianthus, the flower of the gods. It grows close to the ground in tight clumps, with toothed petals ranging from pink to crimson, and has long been grown on balconies for its scent and its hardiness.
The street belongs to a corner of Valdeacederas sown with flower names: nearby run Azucenas, Margaritas and Jaramagos. Nearly all arrived in the mid-twentieth century. When Madrid absorbed Chamartín de la Rosa in 1948, two street maps merged and dozens of duplicate names appeared. To untangle the mess, the city council renamed whole streets, and this district was handed a herbarium.
Madrid is, in fact, the most flowered province in Spain by number of streets named after a plant, more than nine hundred. Calle de las Clavelinas is one of those short stretches you can walk in the time it takes a carnation to open.