Yushania hirticaulis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 70–300 cm long; 4.5–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 12–20 cm long; distally mealy. Culm-nodes with distinct supra-nodal ridge; pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three to several. Culm-sheaths deciduous but leaving a persistent girdle; coriaceous; hispid; with dark brown hairs; hairy on margins; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 10–15 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect. Leaves 3–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths pilose. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 5–12 mm long; pale. Leaf-sheath auricles erect. Ligule an eciliate membrane; truncate, or obtuse. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 5–12 cm long; 5–10 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6–10 secondary veins; with obscure cross 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.

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