Flowering from June to September; fruiting from August to October.
Anaphalis nepalensis var. monocephala is occurring in W Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan of China, India.
Perennial herbs. Rhizome slender or slightly robust, runner ca. 20 cm, rarely 40 cm, leaves of runner obovate or spatulate, 1-2 cm, terminal rosette leaves. Acaulescent, up to 6 cm tall, rarely taller, congested with rosette leaves. Lower leaves alive during efflorescence, rarely withered, homomorphic with rosulate leaves, spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 1-7 cm long, 0.5-2 cm wide or larger, base attenuate, margin plane, apex rounded or acute; middle leaves oblong or oblanceolate, often rather narrow, base amplexicaul, sessile, apex obtuse or acute, with acerose cusp; upper leaves attenuate; or short stems without middle and upper leaves; all leaves densely white lanate abaxially, 1-veined or inconspicuously 3-veined. Heads solitary, terminal, rarely 2 or 3 heads among rosulate leaves; peduncle 0.5-2.5 cm. Involucral somewhat spherical, 8-12 mm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, exceeding disc; involucral bracts arranged in 8 or 9 series, radiate in efflorescence; external bracts puce except apex, oval or lanceolate, 3-3.5 mm; inner ones white, lanceolate, 7-10, 2.5-3 mm, acute at apex; innermost bracts linear-lanceolate, 5-8 mm, with a claw ca. 1/3 of full length. Receptacle lacunose. Capitula with numerous pistillate florets outside, center of female florets with 3-6 staminate florets; whole heads of male flower formed with staminate florets, or 1-3 pistillate florets outside. Corolla of staminate florets ca. 3 mm, ca. 4 mm in pistillate florets. Pappus ca. 4 mm, pappus incrassate at tip of apex in staminate florets, serrulate. Achenes terete, ca. 1 mm, hirsutulous.
Growing in among lichens on alpine dank slopes, rock gaps, riverbanks; 4100-4500 m.
