Leaves commonly sparsely hairy on midrib on lower surface, otherwise generally glabrous, or sometimes completely so, oblanceolate, 6-40×*0.7-15 cm, somewhat runcinate-pinnatifid or lobed (terminal lobe tending to be larger than others), tapering to a narrow, scarcely or obscurely winged petiolar base, but leaves varying to deeply cleft and with a small terminal segment; scapes 5-50 cm tall, glabrous or somewhat villous, especially upward. Involucre mostly 1.5-2.5 cm long; inner bracts mostly 13-20, usually not or scarcely corniculate, at first erect, finally reflexed, mature achenes and pappus then forming a conspicuous ball; outer bracts reflexed, slightly shorter and scarcely wider than inner; achenes 3-4 mm long, pale-brown or stramineous, muricate apically or sometimes to near base, beak 2.5-4 times as long as body. Chromosome number, 2n = 24 (Peng & Hsu, 1978).
TAIPEI: Taipei City, Peng 12482. TAOYUAN: Lungtan, Peng 13640. TAIHUNG: Lishan, Chiu 3298. CHIAYI: Alishan, Leu 168.
Native of Eurasia, now a cosmopolitan weed of temperate areas.
