Artemisia niitakayamensis Hayata var. tsugitakaensis Kitamura, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 9: 32. 1940.

Herbs, perennial, 10-20 cm tall, few and shortly branched apically, all parts puberulent. Lower and middle stem leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or elliptic-obovate, 1-2.5 × 0.7-1.4 cm, 2-pinnatisect; segments 4(or 5) pairs; lobules 2-8 × 0.6-1 mm. Leaflike bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, pinnatisect or entire. Synflorescence a racemelike panicle. Capitula peduncles 5-15(-20) mm. Involucre hemispheric or subglobose, 7-10 mm in diam.; phyllaries with scarious margin lacerate. Marginal female florets 8-12. Disk florets 30-40, bisexual; corolla limb puberulent. Achenes oblong or ovoid-oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug-Nov.

● Slopes; ca. 3900 m. Taiwan.