Pleioblastus patellaris

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms 150–200 cm long; 6–10 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 13–30 cm long; distally pubescent. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; hispid; with tawny hairs; hairy on margins; truncate at apex; without auricles; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high; fimbriate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; erect; 4 cm long. Leaves 2 per branch. Leaf-sheaths hispid; hairs white; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 17–35 cm long; 30–60 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 16–18 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Lin & Wu 2011.

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