Jasione montana is a low-growing plant in the family Campanulaceae found in rocky places and upland regions of Europe and western Asia.

[1] It is a plant growing on heaths and moors in rocky or sandy districts, coastal cliffs, quarries and natural escarpments where the soil is thin.

[3] Sheep's bit scabious is a low biennial or occasionally annual plant growing up to about one foot tall with suberect stems that branch near the base.

The leaves are linear, lanceolate, narrow at the base, sinuate, stiffly hairy and forming a rosette.

There are 5 oblong anthers which unite at the base forming a tube, a feature that differentiates this plant from true scabiouses.