Fargesia utilis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 200–400 cm long; 15–25 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 15–17 cm long; smooth; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths persistent; coriaceous; hispid; with tawny hairs; glabrous on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate, or triangular; narrower than sheath; reflexed; 3–14 cm long; 3–14 mm wide. Leaves 1–2 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 1.5–2.5 cm long; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 4–10 cm long; 5–10 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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