Corncockle in the Field

This is a wildflower called a corncockle - Before the onset of modern agriculture, this beautiful flower grew in abundance in wheat fields across the UK, in fact it was so common it was cut with the wheat & the seeds were kept to plant again the following Spring. But now since Winter wheat planting & the use of herbicides, it has declined & is now known as 'Local' or 'Uncommon'. Luckily I have it growing in my own garden from collected seed :)