Sasaella ramosa
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Sasaella ramosa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Pleioblastus viridistriatus var. vagans (Gamble) Nakai ex Rehder
- Bambusa pygmaea Mitford
- Arundinaria vagans Gamble
- Arundinaria ramosa Makino
- Bambusa ramosa (Makino) Makino
- Sasa ramosa (Makino) Makino & Shibata
- Arundinaria viridistriata var. vagans (Gamble) Nakai
Other taxa in genus
Editorial Note
Bean treated this species under the name Arundinaria vagans. On the changes to taxonomy, and for a general discussion of hardy bamboos and their cultivation, see the genus entry for Arundinaria.
The dwarfest of hardy bamboos, although the stems when drawn up in a dense mass will grow 2 ft high; they are bright green, about 1⁄16 in. diameter, with a hollow up the centre which would only admit of a needle point; joints 1 to 4 in. apart. Leaves 2 to 51⁄2 in. long, 1⁄3 to 1 in. wide, rounded at the base, rather abruptly narrowed at the apex to a slender point, sparsely hairy above, more so beneath. Secondary veins three to five each side the midrib.
Native of Japan. This little bamboo forms a low, dense carpet over the ground, and spreads with great rapidity. Because of its rampant habit it is not suited for borders or kept portions of the garden, but may be relegated to the wilder parts, where it will hold its own against the most vigorous of our native weeds. Among the dwarf creeping sorts with green leaves, the velvety under-surface of the leaves will best distinguish it.
[From the Supplement (Vol. V)]
In Ohwi’s Flora of Japan this species appears under Sasa.