Japan Flora: Stems stout, about 1 m. long, densely whitc-villous, slightly branched in upper part, deeply striate at base; radical leaves long-petiolate, about 20 cm. long, pinnately parted, the segments acuminate, short spine-margined, slightly cobwebby above, white-woolly beneath, decurrent, the cauline leaves oblong, 15-25 cm. long, acuminate, sessile, pinnately lobed; heads sessile, very many, densely congested in a com­pound globose head, about 5 cm. across; involucres 14-21 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, the bracts 16-18; florets blue; achenes terete, densely brownish hairy. Aug.-Sept. Low moun­tains.

Honshu (Mino, Bingo Prov.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea.