Herbs, perennial, 30-40 cm tall, sparsely gray or yellowish tomentose. Lowermost and middle stem leaves: petiole 1.5-2 cm; leaf blade oblong, 2-3 × 1.5-2.5 cm, 2-pinnatisect; segments 4 or 5 pairs; lobules linear-lanceolate, 5-8 × 1.5-2 mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts (1 or)2-pinnatisect. Capitula in narrow panicles, ovoid, 2-3 mm in diam. Phyllaries sparsely yellowish tomentose. Marginal female florets 3-8. Disk florets 14-18, bisexual. Achene obovoid or oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.

● Slopes; ca. 4200 m. S and SW Xizang.