A small flower that's soft and dormant (6)
I believe the answer is:
asleep
'dormant' is the definition.
('asleep' can be similar in meaning to 'dormant')
'a small flower that's soft' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'flower' becomes 'lee' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'that's soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'a'+'s'+'lee'+'p'='ASLEEP'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for asleep that I've seen before include "Dormant, inactive" , "Dormant; inattentive" , "out like a light?" , "not paying attention" , "Having forty winks" .)