异名：Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth. var. sinensis H. L. Li (synonym)

Pedicularis gracilis Wall. subsp. slnensis Tsoong, stat. nov. ——P. gracilis Wall. var. sinensis Li, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. C (1948) 279, f. 15.——P. gracilis auct. non Wall.: Maxim. in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. XXXII (1888) 552, et in Mel. Biol. XII (1888) 822, pro parte, quoad pl. Sinenses; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXVI (1890) 209; Diels, in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX (1900) 571; Bonati, in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. V (1911) 84; Limpr. in Repert. Sp. Nov. XX (1924) 259, pro parte; Marq. et Shaw, ex Marq. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XLVIII (1929) 212; Hand. -Mazz. Symb. Sin. VII (1926) 867.

这一亚种与前一个亚种同样地萼齿具有锯齿，惟其果仅长8毫米而与坚挺亚种中者相同；其枝一般较多，有时5-6条轮生。花期8-9月。

广布我国云南与四川西部，可能西藏昌都专区东南部亦有之。生于高山草坡中。