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Galium pseudoasprellum var. densiflorum Cufodontis, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 89: 237. 1940.

Stems often lower and leaf blade smaller. Inflorescences shorter and more congested; pedicels rarely longer than 5 mm; bracts larger, similar to leaves. Ovary and mericarps with dense spreading uncinate trichomes. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Nov.

● Forests, thickets, meadows on mountains; 700-3400 m. Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.

The above geographic indications for this variety are uncertain because of confusion with Galium tokyoense, etc. At least in part, G. dahuricum var. densiflorum may refer to transitional (?hybrid) forms of G. dahuricum var. lasiocarpum with G. asperifolium, G. blinii, G. prattii, and/or G. sungpanense.