Annual or biennial herb with stems about 30-40 cm tall, hairless and waxy blue, sticky on upper stems. Basal leaves spoon-shaped, stem leaves ovate to lanceolate becoming smaller higher up the stem, surrounding the stem at their base. Flowers in a flat head. Sepal tube about 1.5 cm long. Petals pink with a shallow notch, scales pronounced, pointed.

C & S Europe

Sometimes grown as a herb garden plant.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Caryophyllaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.