Arundinaria faberi Rendle

Culms (0.5–)1–2.5(–3) m, 3–6 mm in diam.; internodes green, yellow-green when old, often purple spotted, 15–20 cm, initially slightly glaucous, glabrous; wall 1.5–3 mm thick, pith initially lamellate, later powdery; sheath scars flattened or slightly prominent; intranode 2–3 mm. Culm sheaths shorter than internodes, glabrous, margins ciliate; auricles minute or absent; oral setae initially scarce, readily deciduous, purple; ligule truncate, ca. 0.5 mm; blade green or purple-red at apex, glabrous, margins revolute. Leaves 2–4 per ultimate branch; sheath glabrous, ribbed, margins initially ciliate; auricles minute or absent; oral setae scarce, initially purple, later gray-white, 5–7 mm, undulate; ligule truncate, ca. 0.5 mm; pseudopetiole 1–2 mm, glabrous; blade lanceolate, 3–9 × (0.4–)0.8–1.1(–1.4) cm, glabrous, secondary veins 3-or 4(or 5)-paired, base rounded, margin serrulate, scabrous, apex acuminate. Inflorescence racemose to paniculate, 4–6(–13) cm; spikelets 3–12; pedicel 8–22 mm; florets (4 or)5–7, purple-red; rachilla internodes 3–5 mm. Glumes 2; lemma ovate-lanceolate, long mucronate; palea ciliolate, bifid, 1-veined between keels; lodicules ovate, anterior 2 larger. Anthers purple-red. Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous; style 1; stigmas 3. Caryopsis slightly curved, purple-brown or brown, oblong, 6–7 × 1.5–2 mm, style base persistent, beaked, suture shallow, pericarp thin and easy to separate. Fl. May–Aug, fr. Jul–Oct.

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in subalpine confier forests between 2,300-3,500 m above sea level. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.

The shoots are boiled and eaten or cooked in stir fry dishes.