The Bloom of the Day for March 10th, 2010 was Great Masterwort 'Roma' (Astrantia major).
View the bloom of the day here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/botd.php?date=2010-03-10
March 10th, 2010: Great Masterwort 'Roma' (Astrantia major) by kniphofia
http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/masterwort/
Masterwort has a flower like no other, delicately colored and with a shape that has been described as both a pincushion and dustmop. This cottage charmer grows best in cool climates -- it struggles in the South. The domed flower clusters bloom atop wiry branched stems. White, rose, and pink flowers can occur in the same planting from self-sown seedlings.
Light:Part Sun Zones:5-7 Plant Type:Perennial Plant Height:24-36 inches tallPlant Width:12-18 inches wideLandscape Uses:Containers, Beds & Borders Special Features:Flowers, Cut Flowers, Dried Flowers
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar09/bj-masterwort.html
(nice macro pics)
Since family members have flower clusters in which each flower is joined by its stalk to a common point, they are commonly referred to as Umbelliferae.
Appearances can be deceiving! In fact, each of the ‘flowers’ is not a flower at all, but instead a flower-head composed of very many tiny flowers. What appear to be the flower’s petals are actually a whorl of bracts surrounding the cluster of real flowers.
Those are nice macro pics, ApopkaJohn.
I am not familiar with this plant at all. I thought it was so pretty! All Sue's pictures of it are so pretty!
I don't know what it is... but I like it!!