Culms mostly more than 3 m tall and with hairy sheaths, the nodes without white waxy bloom below cf. Pseudosasa. Branches mostly 1-3 per node. Leaves pale below and soft hairy towards the base, mostly to about 20 cm long and 2 cm wide but variable.

China

Possibly a cultigen.

Source: Spencer, R.; Aldous, D.; Stajsic, V.; McGeary, D (2005). Poaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.