Subshrubs, ca. 60 cm tall or more, much branched, densely gray pubescent or arachnoid pubescent. Middle and upper stem leaves: petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade ovate, 3-4 × 2-2.5 cm, sparsely gland-dotted, 2- or 3-pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4 pairs; lobules 3 or 4 pairs; teeth minute, elliptic, 3-5 × 1-2 mm; rachis narrowly winged. Leaflike bracts 1- or 2-pinnatisect. Synflorescence a broad panicle. Capitula many. Involucre broadly ovoid, 2.5-3 mm in diam.; phyllaries gray arachnoid pubescent. Marginal female florets 5-8. Disk florets 8-15, bisexual. Achenes ellipsoid-ovoid or ellipsoid-obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.

● Forest margins; ca. 3400 m. Qinghai.