异名：Cotoneaster congestus Baker (synonym)、Cotoneaster glacialis (Hook. f. ex Wenzig) G. Panigraphi et A. Kumar (synonym)、Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. var. nivalis G. Klotz (synonym)

C. microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. var. glaciahs Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 387. 1878; Yu in Bull. Brit. Mus. Bot. 1: 135. 1954. ——C. congesta Baker in Saunders, Refug. Bot. 1: t. 51. 1869; Klotz in Wiss. Zeits. Univ. Halle 6: 953. 1957.——C. microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. var. nivalis Klotz in Wiss. Zeits. Univ. Halle 12 (10): 780. 1963.

叶片与萼筒在幼时被柔毛，但以后脱落近于无毛。

产西藏东南部。生于多石山地，海拔3900-4200米。不丹、缅甸也有分布。