Poaceae
Greenwax golden bamboo
Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phyllostachys
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 粉緑竹, 粉绿竹, 金竹
- Czech
- Listoklasec zelenosivý
- English
- Greenwax golden bamboo
- Russian
- Листоколосник зелено-сизоватый
Synonyms
- Bambusa viridiglaucesens Carrière
- Phyllostachys altiligulata G.G.Tang & Y.L.Xu
- Phyllostachys nigrivagina T.H.Wen
- Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens f. hinkulii V.N.Vassil.
- Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens var. hinkulii (V.N.Vassil.) A.H.Lawson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Van den Hende, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.