Shrubs, deciduous, to 2 m tall, most parts stellate tomentose. Branchlets slender, terete. Stipules filiform, 1-2 cm; petiole 3-5 cm, tomentose; leaf blade ovate-cordate, 4-9 × 4-7 cm, both surfaces densely stellate tomentose, base cordate, margin irregularly crenate, apex long caudate. Flowers in conical, terminal panicle. Pedicel 2-3 cm, articulate near apex. Calyx disk-shaped, lobes 5, ovate, 7-10 mm. Corolla yellow to orange, 1.5-2 cm in diam.; petals obovate, 1.5-1.7 cm, glabrous. Filament tube stellate hispid. Schizocarp nearly globose; mericarps 10, ovate, ca. 4 mm, apex rounded. Fl. Jun-Aug.

● Scrub on slopes, roadsides; 2300-3000 m. SW Sichuan (Muli), NW Yunnan.