Tricholepis angustifolia DC., Prodr. 6: 564. 1838; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 382. 1881.

Herbs, 15 - 50 cm high, very slender, quite glabrous; branches spreading, angled, quite smooth. Lower leaves lower obovate; upper linear-oblong, entire or subserrate at margins, sessile. Heads ovoid, ca 0.8 - 1.2 cm across, peduncles slender. Involucral bracts acicular, recurved, glabrous. Receptacular bristles longer than achenes. Achenes oblong, ca 3 mm long,smooth, faintly ribbed. Pappus absent.

Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Dec.

Distrib. India: Karnataka and Kerala.