Acaulescent, somewhat stoloniferous. Stems much branched. Leaves alternate, in basal rosettes, spatulate, 5-15×1-3 cm, both surfaces pilose, with long, soft, white hairs, irregularly 1- or 2-pinnately parted; segments acute at apex, truncate at base, irregularly dentate, petiole 2-3 cm long, broadened toward base. Heads 5-8 mm long, 6-10 mm across, sessile, solitary or clustered at basal nodes, axillary. Involucre hemispheric, bracts in 2 or 3 series, imbricate, oblong, acuminate, margins membranaceous; outer bracts 3-3.5×1-1.2 mm, inner bracts 3-4×0.3-0.6 mm. Outer florets very numerous in several rows, style persistent. Central florets ca. 8-12, corolla tubular, 1.5-2 mm long, 3-lobed, style capitate at tip, stamens 3. Achenes wedge-shaped, brownish yellow, villous at tip, 2-2.5×0.1-1 mm, margins thick, corky, rugulose; style persistent.

TAIPEI: Nankang, Peng 11372; Tanshui, Pan 4371. ILAN: Wuchieh, Peng 15274. TAOYUAN: Puhsin, Chuang & Kao 3122; Tahsi, Peng 13694. HSINCHU: Chutung, Peng 13698. MIAOLI: Shihtan, Peng 13943. NANTOU: Sun Moon Lake, Peng 10418.

Native of South America, long naturalized in waste ground and cultivated fields in Taiwan.