Stems 7-20 cm tall, branched at base, hispid. Radical leaves lanceolate-oblong or oblanceolate, 4.5-6 cm×14-15 mm, apex obtuse-mucronulate, base gradually narrowed into winged petiole, margins irregularly mucronulate-dentate, setose on both surfaces. Heads in loose corymbs; peduncle 3-6 cm long, hispid, 1.5-2 mm across, bracts linear, 5 mm long; involucre tubular-campanulate, 15-17×9-15 mm, bracts densely hispid. Corolla deep yellow, 14×2 mm. Achenes reddish brown, 5-5.5×1 mm, beak 1 mm long. Pappus 7-8 mm long. Chromosome number, 2n = 10 (Peng & Hsu, 1978).

TAICHUNG: Nanhutashan, Liu 1014. TAITUNG: main peak of Takuanshan, Peng 11808.

Endemic, above 3,400 m.