Shibataea hispida

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 100 cm long; 1.5–4 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes semiterete; with small lumen; yellow; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes with distinct supra-nodal ridge. Lateral branches suffrutescent. Branch complement three, or several. Culm-sheaths chartaceous; brown; triangular at apex; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath blade inconspicuous. Leaves cauline; 1 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 1–2 cm long. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base broadly rounded; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 4–8 cm long; petiole glabrous, or pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or elliptic; 7–10 cm long; 20–30(–40) mm wide; mid-green and grey-green; discolorous with last colour beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 12–16 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Fl China 2006.

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