Tricholepis stewartei C.B. Clarke ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 380. 1881.

Branches rigid, leafy. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate at apex, minutely toothed at margins, ca 3.5 cm long, coriaceous, quite glabrous. Heads ca 2.5 - 3 cm across, peduncled. Involucral bracts apicular; inner ca 1.8 cm long. Receptacular bristles longer than achenes. Pappus rigid.

Fl. & Fr. Sept. - Oct.

Distrib. India: W. Himalayas, 1200 - 2700 m. Jammu & Kashmir.

Pakistan.