Echinacea

Wikipedia says, "The common name 'cone flower' comes from the characteristic center 'cone' at the center of the flower. The generic name Echinacea is rooted in the Greek word ἐχῖνος (echinos), meaning hedge hog, it references the spiky appearance and feel of the flower heads."

Today, I want to go whole hog. If only, like Alice, I could drink a magic elixir to shrink the size of the tiny fly. Then I would lie all afternoon enveloped in the spiny valleys hued maroon, mauve, godenrod, saffron, lemon, citrine, alizarin crimson, cerise, cadmium orange, chartreuse, chrome yellow, . . . .