Pincushion flower

This is an the bud of a scabious, also known as the pincushion flower, and I think you can see why. In fact, I had titled this 'pincushion' before I had looked up its common name on the web, so just goes that my mind works in just the same way as everyone else's.

Thanks for all the comments yesterday. Makes me feel good to be a blipper!