Kingdom Plantae Family Poaceae Scientific name Pleioblastus Rank Genus | Order Poales Subfamily Bambusoideae Higher classification Tropical woody bamboos | |
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Similar Tropical woody ba, Pseudosasa, Phyllostachys, Fargesia, Arundinaria | ||
Pleioblastus viridistriatus dwarf greenstripe bamboo
Pleioblastus is a, East Asian genus of monopodial bamboos in the grass family. They are native to China and Japan, and naturalized in scattered places in Korea, Europe, New Zealand, and the Western Hemisphere.
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The plant spreads by vigorous underground rhizomes which run along just beneath the soil surface, producing plantlets at the nodes. These can be used to propagate new plants, but if not removed they can become invasive.
The species P. variegatus (green and cream stripes), and P. viridistriatus (green and yellow stripes) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Genetic research suggests that this genus may properly be part of the genus Arundinaria.
see Acidosasa Ampelocalamus Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Oligostachyum Pseudosasa Sasaella Sinobambusa Yushania
Pleioblastus garden plants
