Stems slender, woolly, ascending, nearly simple. Leaves coriaceous; radical leaves shortly linear; cauline ones more or less sparsely arranged, linear, 7-10×0.2-0.3 cm, apex acute, base sessile, margins entire, 1-2.5 cm long. Cymes dense, terminal, subcapitate, 1-2 cm across. Involucre campanulate, 4×4 mm, bracts brownish purple, in 3 series; outer involucral bracts obovate, inner ones oblong, apex obtuse. Corolla of outer florets 3 mm long; style of central florets 3.5 mm long. Achenes oblong, 0.5 mm long, minutely punctate. Pappus white, 3.5 mm long, bristles slender.
MIAOLI: Taian, Wang 1751; 99 villa to Tapachienshan, Peng 8473. TAICHUNG: Wuling Farm to Chika Lodge, Yang s. n. 1995. NANTOU: Tungpushanchuang to Tatachiaanpu, Leu 1096; Hohuanshan, Hsinjenkang, Peng 9584. CHIAYI: Tatachia to Paiyunshanchuang, Peng 8939; Alishan, Leu 180. HUALIEN: Tayuling, Peng 9152; Pilu, Peng 9248.
New Zealand, Australia, Java and the Philippines. Taiwan, on slopes of high mountains.
