Planta annua, 6-12 cm alta, pubescenti-strigosa. Folia integra, 2-3.8 cm longa et 0.35-1 cm lata, oblongo-lanceolatae. Bracteae involucrales oblongo-lanceolatae vel lanceolatae, 0.8-1 (-1.6) cm longae, floribus multo longiores; bracteae receptaculi lineares, 5-6 mm longa, longe ciliatae. Capitula 2-2.2 cm lata, laxa, radiantia. Flosculi radii: calyx stipitatus, limbo 5-dentato vel setis brevibus 1-2 instructus; corollae tubus ± 4.5 mm longus, lobis nonnullis laciniatus. Flosculi disci: calycis setae 5,3.5-4 mm longae, statu fructifero in corona inclusae; corollae tabus quam in flosculis radii brevior, lobis integris acutis. Involucellum 4.5-4.8 mm longum dense albo-setosum; foveae ovato-oblongae 1.5-2 mm longae, costis interfoveolibus subsulcatis. Corona 6.5-7 mm longa, nervis 26-28 brunneo-purpurascentibus excurrentibus strigosis praedita.
Annual 6-12 cm tall, pubescent-strigose. Leaves entire, 2-3.8 cm long, 0.35-1 cm broad, oblong-lanceolate. Involucral bracts oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 0.8-1(-1.6)cm long, much exceeding the flowers. Receptacular bracts linear, 5-6 mm long, long ciliate. Flower heads 2-2.2 cm broad, lax, ± radiant. Ray florets: calyx stipitate, the limb 5-toothed or with 1-2 short setae. Corolla tube ± 4.5 mm long, some lobes laciniate. Disc florets: Calyx setae 6, 3.5-4 mm long, included in the corona at fruiting time; corolla tube shorter than the ray floret tube, lobes entire, acute. Involucel 4.5-4.8 mm long, dense white-setose; pits ovate oblong, 4.5-2 mm long, ribs between pits subsulcate. Corona 4.5-7 mm long, with 26-28 purplish-brown, excurrent and strigose nerves.
Fl. per.: April-May.
Type: Baluchistan: D-4 Maslakh, ± 1600 in., Zaffar Ali 4695 (RAW).
This species is named after the type locality. It resembles in facies the S.W. Asiatic Scabiosa rotata M. Bieb., but differs in all the leaves being entire, the excurrent nears of the corona and the included calyx setae.
