Perennial herbs or subshrubs, 50-60 cm tall, puberulous, later glabrescent. Petiole of lowermost and middle cauline leaves 1-2 cm long, lower blade suborbiculate or ovate-triangular, 3-4× 4 cm, 2(-3)-pinnatisect, middle blades 3-3.5×3-4 cm, 1(-2)-pinnatisect, segments 2 (or 3) pairs, 3-lobed, lobes (10-)20-30×1-2 mm; uppermost leaves and bracts 3-5-lobed. Inflorescences narrowly racemose panicles. Heads subglobose, 1.5-2 mm in diam., short pedunculate or subsessile. Outer florets 11-15. Central florets 4-16. Achenes ellipsoid. Fl. Jun-Nov.

ILAN: Nanhutashan, Peng 5756. TAICHUNG: Hsuehshan, Peng 9677. NANTOU: Wuling, Hu 1491, Chen 1057, Hohuanshan, Peng 8253. CHIAI: Yushan, Leu 215. TAITUNG: Takuanshan, Peng 11810.

Endemic; forest borders, roadsides, slopes, 3,100-3,800 m.