Stems scapiform, erect, 20-65 cm long, densely cobwebby and slightly purplish in upper part. Radical leaves rosulate, oblong, rarely obovate-oblong, 5-10×1.5-2.5 cm, apex obtuse, mucronulate, gradually narrowed at base, usually sessile, rarely short petiolate, margins irregularly mucronulate-dentate, cobwebby on both surfaces. Cauline leaves few, remotely arranged, gradually smaller upward; lower leaves ascending, lanceolate, 7-11 cm×10-15 mm, apex obtuse, base semi-clasping, decurrent; upper cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, base broadly clasping. Heads 3-9, in corymbs or false umbels; peduncle 1.5-5 cm long; involucre tubular, 8×11 mm, ecalyculate, bracts lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, purplish. Ray florets in 1 series, corolla yellow, 12-16 mm long. Disc florets: corolla 8.5-10 mm long, lobes 1 mm long. Achenes cylindric, ca. 2.5 mm long, densely pilose. Pappus ca. 11 mm long, white.

NANTOU: Nengkaoyueh, Fukuyama 4803.

China, Korea and Japan. Taiwan, sunny slopes and dry grasslands in mountains at mid elevations, not collected for more than 60 years.