Japan Flora: Stems 25-85 cm. long, slightly hairy on upper part; median leaves 11-19 cm. long, slightly hairy on both sides, bipinnately parted, the petioles 3.5-5 cm. long, the lower segments often 2 or 3, or pinnately cleft, the terminal segments narrow, acuminate, few-toothed near base; involucral bracts 5-7, lanceolate, 2.5 mm. long at anthesis, to 5 mm. long in fruit, the outer chaff 3.5-4 mm. long in anthesis, 6-3 mm. long in fruit; ligulate florets 1-3, sterile, the corollas yellow, 5-6 mm. long, 2.5-3 mm. wide; achenes linear, 12-18 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, flat, 3 or 4 angled, more or less short-strigose, the awns 3 or 4, 3-4 mm. long. Aug.-Oct. Waste grounds.

Honshu. Korea, Manchuria, China, Malaysia, India, Australia, Europe, and America.