Yushania cartilaginea

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 250 cm long; 7 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; solid; 10–17 cm long; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement one, or two, or three. Culm-sheaths persistent; 4–6 cm long; coriaceous; glabrous; hairy on margins; truncate at apex; auriculate; with 5 mm high auricles; with 1–1.5 mm wide auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 7 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; glabrous on surface. Leaves 8–10 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2.5–3.5 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 10–12 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10–15 cm long; 18–28 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins smooth, or scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Wen 2002.

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