Blumea calcicola, a new species restricted to limestone areas in southwestern China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to B. aromatica, B. balsamifera, B. sagittata, but distinguished by the combination of pilose and glandular leaves, usually auriculate leaf bases with appendages, slender capitula, campanulate-cylindrical involucres, small receptacles, 9–11-ribbed achenes, and white to reddish pappus. Photographs, distribution information, conservation assessment, and comparisons with similar species are also provided.