Picea orientalis 'Little Star' is a miniature, flattened globose selection of Caucasian spruce with layered radiating branches and needles that flush bright gold in early spring, later darkening to species-typical dark green. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 8 inches (20 cm) tall and 12 inches (30 cm) wide, an annual growth rate of less than 1 inch (2.5 cm).
This cultivar originated as a witch's broom found in the late 1990s on a specimen of Picea orientalis 'Golden Start' by Uwe Langwald of Kurt Wittboldt-Müsller nursery, Verden-Eitz, Germany. It was provisionally named 'Golden Start W.B.' but was changed to its official cultivar name just prior to its release into the nursery trade.