Centaurea uniflora reaches a height of 40–50 cm.

The stem is erect, leafy and has only one showy purplish-pink flower.

The green-gray leaves are dotted, narrowly lanceolate and smaller than one centimeter.

Centaurea uniflora is distributed in Austria, Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, France, Greece, Italy, Hungary, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Switzerland.

This alpine plant occurs in the mountainous areas of the south-east Europe at altitudes above 1500 m, on warm, dry and nutrient-rich soils found in meadows and hillsides.