Yushania linearis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 30–60 cm long; 5–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 10–21 cm long; striate; distally pruinose. Lateral branches suffrutescent. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one (below), or three, or several (up to 5 above). Culm-sheaths 0.5–1 length of internode; coriaceous; brown, or purple; pilose; with tawny hairs; hairy on margins; triangular at apex; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear; reflexed; glabrous on surface. Leaves cauline; 5–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3.5–5.2 cm long; glabrous on surface, or pubescent; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate; 2–3 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; pubescent on abaxial surface; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades linear; (6.6–)9–15 cm long; (4–)5–8 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with (4–)6(–8) 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. Demoly 2009.

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