Moonia arnottiana Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 3(4): 9. t. 1105. 1846. Chrysogonum arnottianum C.B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. 132. 1876; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 303. 1881.

Undershrubs up to 2 m tall with woody, glabrous stem; younger parts hairy. Leaves pinnately compound, 10 - 15 cm long with 3 - 7 segments; segments lanceolate, toothed or serrate, glabrous on the upper surface, hairy along the veins on the lower surface; petioles 4 - 5 cm long. Heads terminal, 2.5 - 4 cm in diam; peduncles 1.5 - 2.5 cm long. Involucral bracts in two series; outer 6 - 7 mm long; inner 4 - 6 mm. Ray florets many, female, fertile; corolla white or creamy-yellow, 5 - 6 x 3 - 4 mm, tridentate, with dark coloured veins. Stigma bifid. Disc florets many, sterile; corolla tubular, 4-lobed, 3.5 - 4 mm long. Achenes black grey, obovoid, slightly compressed, glabrous.

Fl. & Fr. March - Sep.

Distrib. India: 1500 - 2100 m. Tamil Nadu.

Sri Lanka.