Annual.

Height.    Low, often prostrate. 20 - 40cm

Flowers.  Violet, pink or pale purple in terminal clusters surrounded by a ruff of leaf like bracts.

Flowering period.  May - Oct

Habitat.    Arable fields, bare ground, roadsides.  Mainly calcareous soils.

Regions in France.   All.

Protection in  France.   None known.