Stems erect, 60-100 cm long. Lower leaves petiolate, thin, upper surface glandular pubescent, lower surface white lanate, 15-30 cm long including petiole, apex acute, lyrate-pinnatifid, terminal segment much larger, ovate-deltoid, base truncate base, lateral lobes remote, often 1 pair; petiole 4-8 cm long; median cauline leaves smaller, ovate-deltoid, petiole winged; upper leaves elliptic-lanceolate,short-petiolate. Heads 4-6 cm broad, nodding in bud. Involucre hemispheric, 3.5-5×1.5-2 cm, bracts 6-seriate, outer bracts gradually shorter, oblong-lanceolate, median bracts lanceolate, inner bracts linear-lanceolate. Corolla 15-20 mm long, glandular. Receptacle densely setose. Achenes black, ca. 4×1 mm, 4-angled, apex corniculate, scaly. Pappus white, in 1 series, 14-19 mm long.

ILAN: Nanshan, Chen 232. HSINCHU: Chienshih, Wang 1920. TAICHUNG: Tahsuehshan Forest Track, Yang 6367. NANTOU: Tzuchung, Peng 11419; Meifeng, Peng 9054. CHIAYI: Meishan, Yen 8443. KAOHSIUNG: Tengchih, Ohashi et al. 23643. PINGTUNG: Wutai, Peng 10218. HUALIEN: Pilu, Peng 12784.

Himalaya from Garhwal to Bhutan and China. Taiwan, 700- 2,600 m.