Monosis parishii (Hook. fil.) H. Rob. & Skvarla

Shrubs or subshrubs, 1–3 m tall. Stems erect, young branches inconspicuously ribbed, ferruginous tomentose. Leaves 10–26 by 3–11 cm, ovate or elliptic, margin serrate, apex acute, base attenuate, coriaceous; upper surface ferruginous puberulous without glands; lower surface ferruginous tomentose with flagellate hairs and capitate glands; lateral veins 11–13-paired; petioles up to 3 cm long. Capitulescences terminal, thyrsoid paniculate. Capitula narrowly campanulate or slightly oblong-cylindrical, 6–7 mm long, subsessile or pedunculate. Receptacle flat, 2–3 mm in diam., glabrous. Involucres narrowly campanulate, in 4–5 series, 4–5 mm long, 2.5–3 mm in diam. Phyllaries imbricate, purple or green with purple apex, margin piliferous, outer surface arachnoid without glands; the outer and the middle ones ovate, apex acute or obtuse; the inner ones lanceolate or oblong, apex acute. Florets 7–9; corollas funnelform, purple, glandular, corolla tubes 4–5 mm long; corolla lobes 2–2.5 mm long. Anthers 3–3.5 mm long, apical appendage acute, base obtuse. Styles purple, 4–5.5 mm long, branches 2, 2–2.5 mm long. Achenes turbinate, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 10-ribbed, covered with sparse hairs and capitate glands. Pappus in 2 series of bristles, the inner ones 5–6 mm long, persistent.

Thailand: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Sukhothai, Kanchanaburi. China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar, Laos.