Abies microsperma Lindley, Gard. Chron. 1861: 22. 1861; Picea ajanensis Fischer ex Carriere; P. jezoensis var. ajanensis (Fischer ex Carriere) W. C. Cheng & L. K. Fu; P. kamtchatkensis Lacassagne; P. manshurica Nakai; P. microsperma (Lindley) Carriere.

First-year branchlets brown or yellowish brown, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Seed cones 4-6(-9) × 2-2.6 cm. Seed scales ovate- or rhombic-elliptic at middle of cones.

Mountains, river basins; 300-800 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Nei Mongol [Japan, E Russia]