Japan Flora: Stems 1-1.5 m. long, prominently hairy; median cauline leaves oblong, 16-20 cm. long, 10-12 cm. wide, acuminate, narrowed at base, short-spined, puberulent above, slightly cobwebby be­neath, the midrib hairy beneath, broadly auriculate-clasping, pinnately parted to divided, the segments 4 or 5 pairs, oblong, acute, coarsely toothed, short spined-tipped, the upper leaves smaller and narrower; inflorescence large; heads erect or ascending, on long slender peduncles; involucres tubular, 1.6- 1.7 cm. long, 1.7-2 cm. wide, cobwebby; bracts 8-seriate, the outer short, lanceolate to ovate, about 2 mm. long, the median oblong, acute, recurved or straight; corollas purplish, 15-17 mm. long. Aug.一Oct.

Honshu (Iwashiro Prov.).