Picea montigena Masters, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 39: 146. 1906.

First-year branchlets usually stout, with nodes of normal length, densely pubescent. Leaves usually with 1-4 stomatal lines along each surface abaxially. Seed scales green, tinged red-brown or reddish purple on distal margin before maturity, 4-9 cm.

* Mountains; above 3300 m. W Sichuan