Dwarf fern-leaf bamboo

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Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Pleioblastus Nakai (メダケ)

Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai (オキナダケ, s.l.)

Synonyms:

Arundinaria argenteostriata (Regel) Hort. ex E. G. Camus

var. distichus (Mitford) Nakai
Oroshimachiku (オロシマチク, 於呂島竹), dwarf fern-leaf bamboo
Lifeform: evergreen perennial grass (bamboo)
Origin: firstly reported from Oroshima Island (or Oro Island)
Utilization: ground cover and bonsai gardening
Synonyms:

Arundinaria pygmaea (Miq.) Mitford
Arundinaria pygmaea (Miq.) Mitford var. disticha (Mitford) C. S. Chao et Renvoize
Pleioblastus distichus (Mitford) Nakai
Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Miq.) Nakai
Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Miq.) Nakai var. distichus (Mitford) Nakai f. ramosissimus (Nakai) Sad. Suzuki
Sasa pygmaea (Miq.) E. G. Camus
Sasa pygmaea (Miq.) E. G. Camus var. disticha (Miftord) C. S. Chao et G. G. Tang

f. glaber (Makino) Murata (ネザサ)
cv. akebono (アケボノザサ), syn. P. akebono Nakai

cv. argenteostraitus (オキナダケ, s.s.)

Pleioblastus argenteostriatus in Japan

var. distichus (オロシマチク)

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[1-3] a ground cover near a parking lot in Big Site, Tokyo, on May 12 2013.