Arundinaria pumila Mitf.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Arundinaria pumila' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/arundinaria/arundinaria-pumila/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

Synonyms

  • Pleioblastus pumilus (Mitf.) Nakai
  • A. variabilis H. de Lehaie
  • Bambusa pumila Hort.

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
midrib
midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.

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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.org/articles/arundinaria/arundinaria-pumila/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

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 212 to 6 in. long, 13 to 78 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.