This name is a synonym.
Picea alpestris (Brügger) Stein, Gartenflora 36: 346 (1887).
Picea excelsa var. alpestris (Brügger) Beissn., Handb. Laubholzk.: 357 (1891).
Picea vulgaris var. alpestris (Brügger) Becc., Wiss. Mitt. Bosnien & Herzegovina 9: 413 (1906).
Picea obovata var. alpestris (Brügger) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 6: 1360 (1913).
Picea abies var. alpestris (Brügger) P.A.Schmidt, Haussknechtia 4: 38 (1988).