Borinda boliana

Synonym: Yushania boliana Demoly, Bambou Bull. A. E. B., Sect. France 35, 2000: 3.

Distribution: CHINA: Sichuan. — USA, cultivated.

Description: "Habit: Perennial. Rhizomes elongated. Culms 600 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete; 10–20 cm long; striate; distally pruinose. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many. Culm-sheaths 2 length of internode; concolorous; hispid. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; 10 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate. … [flowers described, seeds not described]." — Kew GrassBase, as "Fargesia boliana", accessed 3 Nov. 2020 [#1335].

Images: Photos in Tradewinds1, Tradewinds2, Tradewinds3.

Comments: Seeds offered by T. B. N., Oregon, USA, as "Borinda boliana" in 2011, collected in Sichuan, China; the seeds were ordered but not received.