Japan Flora: Stems 30-55 cm. long, narrowly to broadly winged, promi­nently puberulent; radical leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 5.5- 12.5 cm. long, acuminate-mucronate, cordate or sometimes truncate at base, mu cron ate-toothed to undulate-lobulatc, crisped-pubescent on both sides, the lobes dilated above, rounded at apex, mucronate-toothed, the upper cauline leaves broadly ovate to lanceolate, short xvinged-petiolatc or sessile, decurrent, gradually smaller toward tip; heads 7-24, in cor­ymbs, short-pedicellate; involucres tubular, about 11 mm. long, 5 mm. across, cobwebby; bracts 5-seriate, the outer about half as long as the inner, broadly ovate, mucronate, the me­dian oblong, mucronate, the inner linear, acuminate; corollas purplish, about 10 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Mountains.  

Honshu (s. part of centr. distr.).

var. major (Takeda) Kitam. Heads 2—7, loosely arranged, sometimes long- pcdicellate; involucre 12-13 mm. long, 5-10 mm. across, the bracts somewhat larger, and the mucronate tip often longer.

var. minor (Takeda) Kitam. Stems 10-20 cm. long, prominently winged; heads 3-5. Alpine.

var. kaialpina (Nakai) Kitam. Stems low; heads solitary; involucres about 15 mm. long, 12- 15 mm. across, the bracts long-mucronate. Alpine.

var. hisauchii (Nakai) Kitam. Stems 40-60 cm. long, taller, wingless or scarcely winged; heads in loose corymbs or subspicate, sometimes long-pedicel­late; involucres 13-15 mm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, the bracts 6- or 7-seriate; corollas 11-12 mm. long. Montane; Honshu (centr. distr.)