Robust herbs. Stems erect, 4-8 mm in diam., 50-100 cm tall, unbranched or rarely branched below, corymbosely branched above, densely woolly. Basal leaves withering at anthesis; middle and lower leaves oblanceolate or subelliptic, 4-9×1-2 cm, apex obtuse, base decurrent, coriaceous, both surfaces densely tomentose, midrib elevated. Heads 5-7 mm across, in corymbs on upper stem. Involucre yellow or whitish, scarious, globose, 5-6 mm wide, in 3 or 4 series; outer bracts obovate or oblanceolate, ca. 4 mm long, rounded; inner bracts elliptic or oblong, ca. 4 mm long. Outer florets many, corolla ca. 3 mm; central florets 5-7, ca. 3 mm long. Achenes oblong, ca. 0.5 mm long. Pappus white, ca. 3 mm long.

HSINCHU: Sankuang, Liao 112; Szumakuszu, Liao 809. NANTOU: Patungkuan to Tungpu, Chen 977; Chingching Farm, Peng 6117; Tungpushanchuang to Tatachiaanpu, Leu 1171. KAOHSIUNG: Tengchih, Nemoto & Kurosawa 30311. PINGTUNG: Ali to Hsiaokueihu, Liao 668.

Northern India, Myanmar, Indochina, the Philippines and southern China. Taiwan, base of mountain slopes, roadsides and exposed rocky environments, 1,000-3,000 m.