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Reddish bamboo

Phyllostachys rubromarginata McClure

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phyllostachys

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Reddish bamboo: Bamboo specimen in Wangjianglou Park (望江楼公园) - Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
紅邉竹, 红边竹, 毛环水竹, 毛環水竹
English
Reddish bamboo

Synonyms

  • Phyllostachys aristata W.T.Lin
  • Phyllostachys aurita J.L.Lu
  • Sinobambusa fimbriata T.H.Wen

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid, Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.