Rubus kuntzeanus Hemsley var. glandulosus Cardot; R. kuntzeanus var. xanthacantha (H. Léveillé) H. Léveillé; R. xanthacantha H. Léveillé.

Plants with few glandular hairs only on rachis, pedicels, and abaxial surface of calyx.

Sparse forests, thickets, slopes, roadsides, river sides in mountain valleys; 400--2500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.