湖北华箬竹 hu bei hua ruo zhu

Sasamorpha hubeiensis C. H. Hu, J. Bamboo Res. 2(1): 51. 1983.

Culms 0.5–1 m, 3–5 mm in diam.; internodes yellow or light yellow when old, very thickly white powdery especially on upper portion; nodes weakly elevated. Culm sheaths persistent on deflexed branch, longer than internode, slightly glossy, thinly leathery, with long strigae; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule truncate, pubescent; blade erect, lanceolate. Leaves 3 or more per ultimate branch; sheath white powdery, initially long strigose; blade lanceolate, nearly leathery, glabrous, secondary veins 7–9 pairs, transverse veins distinct, base broadly cuneate or rounded. New shoots May–Jun.

* Mountain slopes; ca. 300 m. Hubei, Jiangxi.