Yushania farcticaulis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 400–700 cm long; 10–20 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 45 cm long; estriate; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement many; in an irregular line. Culm-sheaths persistent; 14–22 cm long; coriaceous; hispid; with yellow hairs; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 2–6 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 2–6 cm long; 2–4 mm wide. Leaves 4–6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3.2–4.2 cm long; glabrous on surface, or hispid. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty; 3–5 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.15 cm long. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 9–15 cm long; 9–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 6–8 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pilose; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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