Rhizome neck, 12–35 cm. Culms 4–7 m, 3–6 cm in diam.; internodes terete, 28–36 cm, glabrous or sparsely setose below node, basal internodes solid, upper internodes hollow; supra-nodal ridges level or weakly prominent; sheath scar prominent or very prominent, with persistent remains of sheath base, glabrous. Branches 6–25 per node. Culm sheaths persistent, longitudinally purple striped, triangularly narrowly rounded, slightly shorter than internode, leathery, glabrous or setose in patches, margins glabrous; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule purple, truncate, 1–2 mm, glabrous; blade reflexed, purple-green, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, margins smooth. Leaves 3–7 per ultimate branch; sheath glabrous, sometimes distally white powdery; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm, glabrous; blade lanceolate, 13–19 × 1.2–1.8 cm, abaxially proximally pubescent, secondary veins 4-or 5-paired, transverse veins obscure, base cuneate, margins spinescent-serrulate. Inflorescence an open panicle, terminal to leafy branch; spikelets 13–23,1.6–2.5 cm, rachilla internodes ca. 4 mm, apically densely ciliate; florets 4 or 5, purple or green-purple. Glumes 2, glabrous; lemma glabrous, apex acuminate; palea keels white ciliate; lodicules ciliate. Anthers yellow. Ovary ovoid, light yellow, glabrous; stigmas 2. Caryopsis unknown. New shoots Jul–Sep.
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A bamboo. The culms are 4-7 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. The internodes are 28-36 cm long. There are 8-25 branches at each node. There are 3-7 leaves at the last branch. The leaf blade is 13-19 cm long by 12-18 mm wide.
We have no specific information, but Fargesia species are generally found as an understorey in evergreen broadleaved to coniferous forest, depending on elevation. This species is found at elevations from 1,700-2,500 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 1,700-2,500 m above sea level in Sichuan and Yunnan.
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