《中国植物志》|| 杉科 TAXODIACEAE ||柳杉属 Cryptomeria D. Don ||扁叶柳杉（栽培变种） Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don cv. Elegans

扁叶柳杉（栽培变种）（新拟）
Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don cv. 'Elegans', Dallimore and Jackson, rev. Harrison. Handb. Conif. and Ginkgo. ed. 4. 185. 1966. ——Cryptomeria elegans Jakob-Makoy in Belg. Hort. 14: 356. 1864. ——Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don var. elegans Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 18: 497. 1881; Kent, Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2. 264. 1900; Dallimore and Jackson, Handb. Conif. 183. f. 42. 1923, ed. 3. 255. f. 42. 1948; Rehd. Man. Cult. Trees and Shrubs 26. 1927, ed. 2. 50. 1940. ——Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don f. elegans (Jakob-Makoy) Beissn. Syst. Einthei. Conif. 20. 1887; Rehd. Bigliogr. Cult. Trees and Shrubs 43. 1949.
灌木状，分枝密，主枝短，侧枝多。叶扁平，柔软，向外开展或微向下，长1-2.5厘米，绿色，有光泽，秋后变成红褐色。