Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr, Fremdland. Wald- Parkbaume 309. 1906; L. dahurica Turczaninow ex Trautvetter var. principis-rupprechtii (Mayr) Rehder & E. H. Wilson; L. gmelinii f. pendula (D. S. Zhang & Y. M. Chen) L. K. Fu & Nan Li; L. gmelinii var. wulingschanensis (Liou & Q. L. Wang) Kitagawa; L. principis-rupprechtii var. pendula D. S. Zhang & Y. M. Chen; L. wulingschanensis Liou & Q. L. Wang.

First-year long branchlets stout, 1.4-2.5 mm in diam. Short branchlets 3-4 mm in diam. Seed cones 2-4 × 2-3 cm. Seed scales 26-45, indehiscent or slightly dehiscent at maturity toward apical part of cone.

* Mountains, usually on rocky slopes; 600-2800 m. Hebei, NW Henan, Shanxi