Montanoa bipinnatifida C. Koch in Wochenschr. Vereins Beford. Gartenbauces Konigl Preuss. Staaten 7: 406. 1864.

Shrubs, erect. Young branches hairy, becoming glabrous and lenticellate at maturity. Leaves irregularly 3 - 7 lobed, pinnatipartite, serrate, hispid above, glandular and hairy on the nerves beneath; lobes acuminate; petioles 3 - 15 cm long. Heads in corymbs forming a hairy panicle, 6 - 10 cm across; peduncles 3 - 15 cm long. Involucral bracts in 2 series, ovate-lanceolate. Ray florets 5 - 10 with white corolla, entire, up to 3 cm long. Disc florets with yellow corolla, 1 cm long. Achenes obovoid. Pappus absent.

Fl. & Fr. Feb. - April

Distrib. India: Naturalized ornamental, ascending to 1000 m.