call for plant identification help

[railwaymadness]

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[larksdream]

I think it's a cornflower, Centaurea, probably one of the annuals. Also called bachelor's buttons.

[nixieq]

seems like a possibility, although the leaves in the various pics i looked at didn't seem quite right.

can you tell i'm bored? also, pretty pictures!

[nixieq]

here's a better pic. does this look right?

Re: can you tell i'm bored? also, pretty pictures!

[larksdream]

Yup, that's cornflower. That little scaly spherical base is very distinctive. (Thistles have that too, as well as blue flowers, but they also have pretty obvious spines. *g*)

[baronsamdi]

Since I remember you saying you planted bachelor's buttons, I'm going to agree with everyone else.

[railwaymadness]

Alas! The bachelor buttons are in a different area and have a completely different structure. I guess this picture doesn't show it very well. Or else people just aren't clicking through to the really large version, where I feel the differences are clear.