异名：Galium gracile Bunge (synonym)、Galium pogonanthum Franch. et Sav. (synonym)、Galium pogonanthum Franch. et Sav. var. setuliflorum (A. Gray) Hara. (synonym)、Galium setuliflorum (A. Gray) Makino (synonym)、Galium trachyspermum A. Gray var. setuliflorum A. Gray (synonym)

Galium bungei Steud. Nom. Bot. var. setuliflorum (A. Gray) Cuf. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 89: 221. 1940.——G. trachyspermum A. Gray (β. setuliflorum A. Gray, Bot. Jap. in Mem. Amer. Acad. new ser. 6: 393. 1859. ——G. pogonanthum A. Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 213. 1875. et l. c. 2: 393. 1879; Hara, Enum. Sperm. Jap. 2: 8. 1952. ----G. setuliflorum (A. Gary) Makino α. setuliflorum (A. Gary) Makino in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 17: 76. 1903, pro parte. ——G. pogonanthum A. Franch. et Savat. var. setuliflorum (A. Gary) Hara in Journ. Jap. Bot. 13: 386. 1937. ——G. gracile auct. non Bunge: Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. -Petersb. 19: 280. 1874, pro parte.

本变种与四叶葎不同的是：花冠裂片至少在花芽时有疏柔毛。

产山西、江苏。分布于日本、朝鲜。