Pleioblastus viridistriatus

Pleioblastus viridistriatus (Regel) Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 3, 1926: 11.

    • Synonyms: Bambusa viridistriata Regel; Arundinaria variabilis var. viridistriata (Regel) Matsum.; Arundinaria variegata var. viridistriata (Regel) Makino; Sasa viridistriata (Regel) Fiori; Sasaella viridistriata (Regel) Nakai; Arundinaria viridistriata (Regel) Makino ex Nakai; Bambusa fortunei var. aurea Carrière; Arundinaria fortunei var. aurea (Carrière) Bean; Arundinaria auricoma Mitford; Sasa auricoma (Mitford) É. G. Camus; Pseudosasa auricoma (Mitford) Bergmans; Pleioblastus auricomus (Mitford) D. C. McClint.

    • Thai name: No known records.

    • Distribution: THAILAND (North), introduced from China in Dec. 2011, in cultivation. — JAPAN: origin. — CHINA: in cultivation, possibly introduced from Japan. — In cultivation in many countries worldwide.

    • Description: "Habit: Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 20–60 cm long; 1–2 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally pubescent. Culm-nodes pubescent. Lateral branches lacking, or sparse. Culm-sheaths puberulous; with reflexed hairs. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; erect; 0.5 cm long. Leaf-sheaths puberulous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Ligule an eciliate membrane, or a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 15–20 cm long; 15–25 mm wide; mid-green and yellowish green; variegated (striped). Leaf-blade surface pubescent; densely hairy; hairy on both sides. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. … [flowers and seeds described]." Kew GrassBase, accessed 10 July 2020 [#1335].

    • Specimen: BS-0102 [S3] (living plants), received from cultivated stock as "Sasa Golden Stripe" from a plant nursery [ศ. ส.] in Doi Saket, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, March 2013; the plants were obtained by the nursery in Dec. 2011 from cultivated stock in Yunnan, China.

    • Characteristics: Foliage-leaf blades medium-sized, green with cream and yellowish stripes.

    • Comments: The plant is currently too small to confirm this identification.