Chrysanthemum tibeticum Hook. f. & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. 147. 1876, non Tanacetum tibeticum Hook. f. & Thomson ex C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. 154. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 314. 1881; R. R. Stewart in Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 732. 1972.

Suffruticose, 19 – 28 (-40) cm tall herb with woody, often glabrous, basally leaf-scar bearing stem. Leaves alternate, 1 – 1.5 cm long including petioles, divided less than halfway to midrib, the uppermost leaves sometimes linear and entire. Capitula solitary, 0.5 – 1.7 cm in diameter, broader than long, on very short peduncles. Phyllaries 4 – 5 mm long, often with sessile glands and dark brown scarious margins. Receptacle convex, sometimes hemispherical. Ray-florets 0.8 – 1.3 (-1.5) mm long. Disc-florets 2.5 – 3 (-3.5) mm long. Cypselas 0.75 – 1.5 (-2) mm. Pappus of deltate rigid teeth, less than 0.5 mm long.

Fl. Per.: July-August.

Syntypes: Tibet Occ. Shyok, Nubra-Ladak, 3000 – 4000 m, Thomson s. n. (K! ); Lamayuru, Ladakh, 9-13000 ft., T. Thomson s. n. (K); Dishkut, Nubra Valley, T. Thomson s. n. (K).

Dry ravines, rocks, damp river beds, between 3000 – 4100 m; Distribution: Pakistan, China (Xizang).