Arundinaria chrysantha
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Arundinaria chrysantha' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Sasa chrysantha (Mitf.) E. G. Camus
Other taxa in genus
- Arundinaria anceps
- Arundinaria angustifolia
- Arundinaria aristata
- Arundinaria chino
- Arundinaria disticha
- Arundinaria falcata
- Arundinaria falconeri
- Arundinaria fastuosa
- Arundinaria gigantea
- Arundinaria graminea
- Arundinaria hindsii
- Arundinaria humilis
- Arundinaria japonica
- Arundinaria jaunsarensis
- Arundinaria marmorea
- Arundinaria murielae
- Arundinaria murieliae
- Arundinaria nitida
- Arundinaria pumila
- Arundinaria quadrangularis
- Arundinaria simonii
- Arundinaria spathiflora
- Arundinaria tecta
- Arundinaria tootsik
- Arundinaria vagans
- Arundinaria variegata
- Arundinaria viridistriata
Stems 2 to 6 ft high, 1⁄8 to 1⁄6 in. diameter, dark green, round; joints 2 to 51⁄2 in. apart, with several branches. Leaves 3 to 7 in. long, 1⁄2 to 1 in. broad, rounded at the base, rather abruptly tapered to a short, slender point, glabrous on both surfaces, minutely toothed at the margins. There is a tuft of long, silky hairs at the top of the leaf-sheath. Most of the leaves are quite green, but some are more or less striped with golden yellow like A. viridistriata. Secondary veins four to six each side the midrib.
Native of Japan; introduced in 1892, but a bamboo of no great attractiveness. The variegation is not abundant enough to give a colour effect, and the plant cannot be compared with A. viridistriata in this respect. It spreads rapidly by its underground rhizomes.
From the Supplement (Vol. V)
This bamboo belongs to Pleioblastus, in which it takes the name P. chrysanthus (Mitf.) McClintock.