Centaurium erythraea

Erect biennial, or rarely annual, 2–50 cm high. Main stem(s) with (3–)5–9 internodes below lower-most branch. Basal leaves usually rosetted, obovate to spathulate, 10–50 mm long, 8–20 mm wide, usually obtuse; stem leaves narrower and smaller, often acute. Inflorescence typically a rather dense, corymbose dichasium. Calyx-lobes c. 4 mm long; corolla usually pale rose-pink, tube 7–8 mm long, lobes 5–6 mm long; anthers 1.6–2 mm long; ovary 6–8 mm long. Capsule c. 6–8 mm long; seeds c. 0.4 mm long, 0.3 mm wide, reticulate, reddish-brown. Flowers mostly Oct.–Feb.