Arundinaria pumila
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Arundinaria pumila' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Pleioblastus pumilus (Mitf.) Nakai
- A. variabilis H. de Lehaie
- Bambusa pumila Hort.
Other taxa in genus
- Arundinaria anceps
- Arundinaria angustifolia
- Arundinaria aristata
- Arundinaria chino
- Arundinaria chrysantha
- 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 quadrangularis
- Arundinaria simonii
- Arundinaria spathiflora
- Arundinaria tecta
- Arundinaria tootsik
- Arundinaria vagans
- Arundinaria variegata
- Arundinaria viridistriata
A dwarf species of tufted habit, with the few-branched stems as thick as a knitting-needle, and from 1 to 2 ft high; joints 2 to 6 in. apart. Stem-sheaths persistent, glabrous except at the base, where is a conspicuous ring of hairs. Leaves 21⁄2 to 6 in. long, 1⁄3 to 7⁄8 in. wide, rounded at the base, narrowed often abruptly to a short slender point, dark green, and with minute hairs on both sides. Secondary veins four or five each side the midrib.
Native of Japan, and a neat little bamboo, but with no striking characters. It closely resembles A. humilis, but that species has mostly longer leaves with little or no hair on them, and their points are more gradually tapered.