Fargesia mali

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; erect at the tip; 300–600 cm long; 12–25 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 25–38 cm long; distally pruinose. Lateral branches dendroid; erect, or ascending. Bud complement 1. Branch complement many; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; 20–30 cm long; 0.8 length of internode; 3 times as long as wide; coriaceous; hispid; with yellow hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; purple. Culm-sheath blade triangular; as wide as sheath at base; erect; 1.5–12 cm long; 5–7 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 2–4 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2.5–3.5 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; purple; truncate. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.15 cm long. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 5–9 cm long; 4–7 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 4–6 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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