Acilepis kingii (C. B. Cl.) H. Rob. & Skvarla

Perennial herbs, 1–1.5 m tall. Stems erect, conspicuously ribbed, puberulous. Leaves 10–20 by 4–8 cm, lanceolate, margin serrate, apex acuminate, base attenuate, subcoriaceous; both surfaces scabrous with whip-shaped hairs and capitate glands; lateral veins 9–10-paired; petioles up to 2.5 cm long. Capitulescences terminal and axillary, paniculate. Capitula campanulate, 10–12 mm long, pedunculate. Receptacles flat, 2–2.5 mm in diam., hairy. Involucres narrowly campanulate, in 4–5 series, 5–6 mm long, 3–3.5 mm in diam., herbaceous. Phyllaries light green or purple apically, margin piliferous, outer surface arachnoid, capitate glands; the outer and the middle ones ovate, apex obtuse and apiculate; the inner ones ovate-lanceolate to oblong, apex obtuse or apiculate. Florets 8–12; corollas funnelform, purple or white, glandular; corolla tubes 4–5 mm long; corolla lobes 2.5–3 mm long. Anthers yellowish, 2.5–3 mm long, apical appendage acute, base acute. Styles purple, 5–7 mm long, branches 2–3 mm long. Achenes subterete, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 10-ribbed, pubescent, glands capitate. Pappus bristles, the inner ones 6–6.5 mm long.

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