Lincoln, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln, Canterbury Science Centre
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 407/92
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23-DEC-1992
Start date:
1992-12-23
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Ecological District:
Low Plains
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Clump-forming bamboo with culms mostly 2-3m high, a few 3-4m. Rhizomes running, with new shoots up to c.1m away from main clump. Stem sheaths purple, blotched black; sheath lamina with pinkish-green marginal band. Culms green, becoming yellow about 2nd year, grooved on one side. Leaves glaucescent beneath.