Middle Eastern flower? (5)
I believe the answer is:
aster
'flower?' is the definition.
(type of flower)
'middle eastern' is the wordplay.
'middle' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'eastern' is 'ASTER'.
(Other definitions for aster that I've seen before include "Garden plant" , "Christmas daisy" , "Stare (anag.)" , "Purple pink flowered plant" , "(Starlike) flower" .)