This name is a synonym.
Picea likiangensis var. hirtella W.C.Cheng in Y.Chen, Ill. Manual Chin. Trees & Shrubs: 40 (1937).
Picea balfouriana var. hirtella (W.C.Cheng) W.C.Cheng, Res. Notes Forest. Inst. Natl. Centr. Univ. Nanking, Dendrol. Ser. 1: 3 (1947).
Picea purpurea var. hirtella (W.C.Cheng) Silba, Phytologia 68: 44 (1990).
Picea purpurea subsp. hirtella (W.C.Cheng) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 59 (2008).
Picea purpurea subsp. pseudohirtella Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17: 3 (2010), nom. superfl.