A twist on the African flower.....

This started off as an African flower square, but for some reason it wouldn't sit flat so when I added the white round making it square I missed the middle 3 stitches on every other 'petal', this has given it a ruffled effect:

A pattern for an 8 petaled African flower can be found here:
http://www.crochettoday.com/how-to/how-make-african-flower
Maybe this pattern would give a flat flower!!