Centaurium pulchellum

Erect annual, 5–25 cm high. Main stem(s) with 2–4 internodes below lowermost branch. Basal leaves absent at flowering; stem leaves ovate to lanceolate, 5–15 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, smaller toward base, acute. Inflorescence a rather open dichasium with branches spreading from main axis at up to 45°. Flowers on pedicels 1–5(–10) mm long; calyx-lobes 4–7 mm long; corolla bright rose-pink, tube 6–10 mm long, lobes 3–4.5 mm long; anthers mostly 1–1.2 mm long; ovary c. 7 mm long. Capsule c. 8–10 mm long; seeds 0.15–0.25 mm diam., reticulate, pale to reddish-brown. Flowers Oct.–Feb.