铁坚杉 (原变种) tie jian shan (yuan bian zhong)

Pseudotsuga davidiana Bertrand, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 6, 9: 38. 1872; Abies sacra Franchet; Keteleeria chienpeii Flous; K. davidiana var. chienpeii (Flous) W. C. Cheng & L. K. Fu; K. davidiana var. sacra (Franchet) Beissner & Fitschen; K. esquirolii H. Léveillé; K. fortunei (A. Murray bis) Carriere var. xerophila (Hsüeh & S. H. Hao) Silba; K. sacra (Franchet) Beissner; K. xerophila Hsüeh & S. H. Hao; Podocarpus sutchuenensis Franchet.

First-year branchlets yellowish gray or light gray. Winter buds ovoid. Leaf scars obscurely protruding on branchlets. Apex of seed scales ± narrowed

* Hills, mountains, hot and dry valleys; 600-1500 m. SE Gansu, NE Guangxi, Guizhou, W Hubei, SW Hunan, S Shaanxi, SE Sichuan, Yunnan.