Sasa gracillima

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; weak; 30–80 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches lacking. Culm-sheaths persistent; glabrous. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty, or ciliate; spreading. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or oblong; 15–18 cm long; 25–30 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous; hairless throughout, or except near base. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: eastern Asia.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Ind Jap Bam 2002.

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