Pleioblastus incarnatus

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 350 cm long; 15 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; 35 cm long; distally pruinose. Culm-nodes with distinct supra-nodal ridge. Lateral branches dendroid; ascending. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths green; hispid; with tawny hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 5 mm high; reddish; entire, or ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; reflexed; acuminate. Leaves 3–4 per branch. Leaf-sheaths hispid; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; spreading. Leaf-sheath auricles absent, or erect. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1.5 mm long; glabrous on abaxial surface, or scaberulous on abaxial surface; truncate. Leaf-blade base simple, or broadly rounded; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.04 cm long. Leaf-blades elliptic, or ovate; 9–17.5 cm long; 14–25 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 10–14 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Fl China 2006.

Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.