Cicerbita crambifolia (Bunge) Beauv. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve, Ser. 2,2: 143. 1910. Steptorhamphus crambifolius Bunge, Beitr. Kennt Fl. Russland V.D. Steep cent. Asian Rel. Lehm. 205. 1851.

Herbs, perennial; stems erect 70 - 150 cm high, thick, terete, corymbosely branched; branches many. Leaves large, polymorphous, oblong or ovate-oblong, usually dentate or pinnatifid, 8 - 20 x 4 - 8 cm, hispid or pubescent; uppemost leaves sessile, auricled. Heads suhcampanulate, crowded, erect, 14 - 16 x 0.8 - 1.0 cm; peduncle with few bracts. Involucral bracts in many series; outer ovate or oblong-ovate, 3 - 6 x 1.5 - 2 mm; inner linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 12 - 15 x 1.5 - 2 mm. Ligules purple or pinkish-white. Achenes flattened, obovate or elliptic, 5 - 7 x 2.5 - 2 mm, finely compressed, winged towards margins; beak pale, very slender. Pappus pale white; 5 - 6 mm, soft.

Fl. & Fr. May - Oct.

Distrib. India: W. Himalayas on exposed slopes, 2000-4000 m. Jammu & Kashmir.

Europe and S.E. Asia.

Notes. A rare species represented only by 2 collections at DD herbarium from Chiral. We doubt whether this species occurs in the geographical boundaries of India.