Pouzolzia elegans Weddell in Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 230. 1869; Boehmeria delavayi Gagnepain; B. elegantula (W. W. Smith & Jeffrey) Handel-Mazzetti; P. elegans var. delavayi (Gagnepain) W. T. Wang; P. elegans var. formosana H. L. Li; P. elegantula W. W. Smith & Jeffrey.

Leaf blade rhombic-ovate, rhombic, or elliptic, 1-4(-7) × 0.7-3(-3.4) cm, papery or subleathery, both surfaces scabrous and appressed strigose, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, margin 3-8-dentate distally, apex acute. Glomerules unisexual or bisexual. Achenes ellipsoid or ovoid, ca. 1 mm.

* Thickets, dry valleys; 300-400 m in Guizhou and Taiwan, 1300-2300 m in SW China. Guizhou, SW Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.