异名：Galium asperifolium Wall. et Roxb. (synonym)、Galium asprellum Michx. (synonym)、Galium blinii H. Lév. (synonym)、Galium bodinieri H. Lév. (synonym)、Galium cavaleriei H. Lév. (synonym)、Galium cuneatum H. Lév. (synonym)、Galium esquirolii H. Lév. (synonym)、Galium sikkimense Gand. (synonym)

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Galium asperifolium Wall. var. sikkimense (Gand.) Cuf. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 89: 241. 1940; Ferguson in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 32 (1): 106. 1972; 中国高等植物图鉴4: 282, 图5978. 1975; Hara in Hara et al. Enum. Flow. Pl. Nepal 2: 201. 1979; 云南种子植物名录, 下册: 1251. 1984. ——G. sikkimense Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 307. 1920. ——?G. cavaleriei Levl. in Fedde, Repert. Sp. Nov. 10: 438. 1912; Levl. Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 366. 1915; Cuf. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 89: 248. 1940. ——G. blinii Levl. in Bull. Acad. Geog. Bot. 25: 48. 1915; Levl. Cat. Pl. Yunnan 245. 1917; Cuf. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 89: 248. 1940. ——G. bodinieri Levl. Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 366. 1915; Cuf. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 89: 248. 1940.——G. esquirolii Levl. in Bull. Acad. Geog. Bot. 25: 48. 1915; Levl. Cat. Pl. Yunnan 245. 1917; Cuf. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 89: 248. 1940. ——G. cuneatum Levl. Cat. Pl. Yunnan 245. 1917, nomen.——G. mollugo auct. non Linn.: Forb. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 395. 1888.——G. asprellum auct. non Michx.: E. Pritz. in Bot. Jahrb. 29: 583. 1901, quoad specimen Henry 5662. ——G. asperifolium auct. non Wall. ex Roxb.: Hand. -Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7 (4): 1027. 1936, excl. specimen Hand. -Mazz. 9697; 西藏植物志4: 469. 1985, pro parte. ——G. aparine auct. non Linn.: 西藏植物志4: 465. 1985, pro parte.

本变种与楔叶葎不同的是：植株细弱，常直立；茎无刺或在棱上有倒向的小皮刺，茎无毛或稀被疏柔毛或刚毛；叶较小，不为楔状长圆形，在下面被疏毛或沿中脉和边缘有倒向的小刺毛。花期6-9月，果期7-10月。

产湖北、湖南、广西、四川、贵州、云南、西藏。生于海拔400-3900米的山坡、河滩、沟边、旷野、草地、灌丛或林下。印度、斯里兰卡、巴基斯坦、锡金、不丹、尼泊尔、缅甸等地均有分布。