Kitagawia pilifera (Hand.-Mazz.) Pimenov

This species is recorded only from the holotype (Fenzl 352, unlocalized).

Plants ca. 45 cm. Stem terete, hollow, glabrous. Basal leaf petioles ca. 8 cm; leaf blade ovate in outline, 3–4-pinnate, ca. 11 × 8 cm; pinnae 6 pairs, sessile, remote; ultimate segments linear-oblong, 1.5–7 × ca. 1 mm, rather thick, apex obtuse. Peduncles ca. 6.5 cm; bracts ca. 10, linear, very acute, about equaling rays, margins pale tawny; rays 20, ca. 3 cm, rays and pedicels densely papillose-pubescent; bracteoles 12, pinnately lobed, pubescent, exceeding flowers; umbellules ca. 30-flowered, pedicels ca. 7 mm in fruit. Calyx teeth conspicuous, small. Ovary papillose. Styles slender. Mature fruit unknown. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.

Grassy slopes at forest margins. NE China.