Cicerbita filicina (Duthie ex Stebbins) Mamgain & Rao in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 86(2). 273. 1989. Lactuca filicina Duthie ex Stebbins in Ind. For. Rec. Bot. 1(6): 241. 1939.

Herbs, perennial; stems 60 - 100 cm high, branched, suberect or drooping, glabrous, often woody; branches many. Leaves lanceolate or linear, deeply pinnatifid into many segments, often entire or rarely toothed, 15 - 30 cm long, membranous. Inflorescence cymose, paniculate. Heads narrowly cylindric, 1.2 - 1.5 x 0.2 - 0.3 cm, erect; peduncle slender with few minute bracts. Involucral bracts in many series, imbricate; outer ovate, or linear-lanceolate, 1.5 - 2 x 1 - 1.5 mm; inner linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 11 - 14 x 1 - 2.5. Achenes blackish, oblanceolate, 5.5 - 6.5 x 1 mm, prominently ribbed. Pappus milky white, 5 - 5.6 mm long, bristly.

Fl. & Fr. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: W. Himalayas on open shady slopes on rocks, 1800-2500 m. Uttar Pradesh (Kumaon).

Endemic.

Notes. A very rare species known only by type collection.