Description:  Biennial plant, up to 40-80 cm high. The plant is almost bare. The stems are stiff upright and ridged. The leaves are green and deeply cut into linear segments. The flowers are pink or reddish and the head is solitary. The fruit is a pouch.

Flowering time – May-September

Habitat: Dry grasslands, common along the coast.

Interesting fact: The locus classius species is Dalmatia