Perennial herb. Root stock woody. Stem erect, internodes generally well differentiated, pilose, hairs black and white, spreading. Leaves stipulate, stipule encircling the stem, pilose, hairs white. Leaf imparipinnately compound ; c. 2.5-11.0 cm long, covered with long and spreading hairs; petiole c. 0.8-4.5 cm long, leaflets opposite, sessile, c. 4-13 mm long, c. 1-5 mm broad, elliptical, entire, acute, pilose on both sides, hairs spreading. Flowers in peduncled heads; peduncle c. 3.5-15 cm; bracts c. 6-8 mm long, pilose. Pedicel c. 1 mm long, pilose. Calyx c. 8-9 mm long, pilose, teeth c. 4-5 mm long. Vexillum c. 13-14 mm long. Fruit stipe c. 1 mm long, glabrous, fruit c. 11-13 mm long, tapering at both ends, pilose, hairs black and yellow.

Fl.Per.: May-September.

Type: Kashmir, 3500 m, Jacquemont (P-not seen, untraceable).

Distribution: Pakistan, Hazara; Kashmir; W.Tibet, 8000-17000 ft.