Solved All over my new meadow - Corncockles

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  1. Silver surfer

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    Corncockles and cornflowers are very different.
    They are not related!

    Agrostemma githago is corncockle and looks like this..

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=A...K8ffPfO9gdAO&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1536&bih=703

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrostemma_githago

    Centaurea cyanus is cornflower..it looks like this....



    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=C...eX1AWBkoGoCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_cyanus

    Jiffy yours is Centaurea Montana...or perennial cornflower and looks like this...

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Centaurea montana&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=y3dOU4jsJcOm0AWE-oCIDQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=967
     
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      Thank you for the nice comment Jenny :dbgrtmb:
      Thank you Silver Surfer,I did think that they were the same, But there not, Thank's for clearing that up :dbgrtmb:
       
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