Conifer Trees Database

Larix potaninii var. macrocarpa, first described by Y. W. Law in 1975, is commonly known as Big-cone Chinese larch. It is a specific variety of Chinese larch that differs from the typical variety in the following ways:

• Seed cones are much larger at 2 to 3.2 inches (5 to 8 cm) long, exceptionally to 3.6 inches (9 cm), and (2.5 - 3.5 cm) wide with 50 to 80 seed scales.

Many authors treat this variety as synonymous with the type.