Yushania straminea

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; inclined at the tip; 200–400 cm long; 6–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 18–20 cm long; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid; erect. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one, or two, or three. Culm-sheaths persistent; 0.3–0.4 length of internode; coriaceous; hispid; hairy above; with erect hairs; with grey hairs; hairy on margins; triangular at apex; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with curved hairs; shoulders with 6–20 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1–2 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; spreading; 1.2–6 cm long; 3–12 mm wide. Leaves 3–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2.2–8 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; spreading. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1–2 mm long; obtuse. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 5.5–10 cm long; 10–26 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6–12 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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