Japan Flora: Perennial herb; narrowed below to a petiolelike base; inflorescence many-headed; heads 8-10 mm. across, about 10-flowered; involucres about 5 mm. long, the bracts about 8; achenes narrowly lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long inclusive of the beak; pappus about 3 mm. long, brown.
Kyushu (Oosumi and Satsuma Prov.). Ryukyus and Formosa. Philippines, s. China, Indochina, and Malaysia.