var. albescens——Aster albescens (DC.) Hand. -Mazz. in Act. Hort, Gothob. 12: 205, 1938; et in Journ. Bot. 76: 284. 1938; Griers, in Not Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 26: 105, 1964; S. Y. Hu in Quart. Journ. Taiwan Mus, 18: 272. 1965——Amphirhapis albescens DC., Prodr, 5: 343. 1836. ——Homostylium cabulicum Nees. in Linnaea, 18: 513 1844, nom, nud. ？——Aster ignoratus Kunth et Bouche. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 11. 1845. et in Linnaea, 3: 388, 1847. ——Aster ferrugineus Edgew. in Trans, Linn. Soc. 20: 64. 1846; Walp., Rev. 716. 1847, non Wendl. 1819. ——Aster cabulicus Lindl, Bot, Reg, 1843, Visc. 62; Boiss., Fl. Or. 3: 158, 1975.——Microglossa albescens (DC.) C. B. Clarke., Comp, Ind, 59. 1876; Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 257, 1881; Diels in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 29: 62. 1901; Marci. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 48: 189, 1928; Hand. -Mazz., Symb, Sin. 7: 1905, 1936. ——Microglossa cabulica (Lindl.) C. B. Clarke, l. c. 57, 1876. ——Microglossa griffithii C. B. Clarke, l. c. 1876. ——Microglossa salicifolia Diels, l. c. 612, 1900. ——Aster cavaleriei Vant, et Levl. in Bull. Soc. Bot, Fran. 53: 4549, 1906.——Conyza conspicua Wall., Cat. n. 3066, 1831, nom, nud. ——Solidago salicifolia Wall., l. c. N. 2974, 1831, nom. nud.

叶椭圆形或卵圆状披针形，长5-12厘米，宽1-2.5厘米，下面被灰白色平贴的短茸毛；外层总苞片被短柔毛。

产于甘肃及陕西南部、四川、湖北西部、贵州、云南北部及西北部、西藏东部。海拔500-3000米。也分布于喜马拉雅南部及西部。

最常见的变种。