Pleioblastus albosericeus

HABIT Perennial. Culms 100–300 cm long; 6–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 16–30 cm long; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three. Culm-sheaths deciduous but leaving a persistent girdle; glabrous, or hispid; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; erect, or reflexed. Leaves 4–5 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 8–20 cm long; 19–20 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 10–14 secondary veins.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Lin 2011.

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