It contains a wide range of flowering plants, including wild carrot, yellow-wort and field scabious. Herbs include harebell and field scabious. Its unlobed leaves distinguish it from "Knautia arvensis" (field scabious). There are over 350 species of plants, including field scabious, lady's bedstraw and black poplar. Flowering herbs include common rock-rose, harebell, chalk milkwort and field scabious. Knautia arvensis, commonly known as field scabious, is a species in the genus "Knautia". The larvae feed on devil's-bit scabious ("Succisa pratensis") and field scabious ("Knautia arvensis").