This path goes through a Sweet Chestnut wood on sandy soil. Just the right place for Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis). Notwithstanding two months without rain it is flowering abundantly. The heat was not a real problem for it, even if some leaves are drooping.
Surely, here it grows in shade. In fact it needs a soil that is not dry a large part of the year, but during its flowering season, from August into November it can do with what it gets.
Do you think Devil's Bit Scabious is a Scabious? You are right, the genus Succisa belongs as well as the genus Scabiosa to the Dipsaceae family.
To complicate things: recently, for good reasons that do not concern us, the biologists community concluded that Dipsaceae should from now on be part of the Caprifoliaceae family. It does not matter that much, we can go on enjoying this plant exactly as we did!
Here, Devil's Bit Scabious in a more open setting, a meadow in the Dordogne valley.
If it does not flower you can find its leaves at ground level. Mowing or herbivores cannot do much harm.