Poaceae
Simon bamboo
Pleioblastus simonii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Pleioblastus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Catalan
- Medake
- Chinese
- 川竹, 苦竹, 山竹, 空心苦竹, 女竹, 水苦竹, 皮竹
- Czech
- Mnohopučka Simonova
- English
- Simon bamboo, Arrow bamboo, Simon bitter bamboo, Simon cane-bamboo
- Japanese
- メダケ, 女竹, 弱竹, 筱竹, 篠竹, 雌竹
- Korean
- 해장죽
- Welsh
- Bambŵ Simon
Synonyms
- Arundinaria brachyclada Matsum.
- Arundinaria simoni Rivière & C.Rivière
- Arundinaria simonii (Carrière) Rivière & C.Rivière
- Arundinaria simonii f. variegata (Hook.f.) Rehder
- Arundinaria simonii var. albostriata Bean
- Arundinaria simonii var. albovariegata Makino ex I.Tsuboi
- Arundinaria simonii var. heterophylla Makino & Shiras.
- Arundinaria simonii var. striata Mitford
- Arundinaria simonii var. variegata Hook.f.
- Bambusa albostriata Lavallée
- Bambusa japonica Rob.
- Bambusa metake Siebold ex Miq.
- Bambusa metake André
- Bambusa simonii Carrière
- Bambusa simonii var. variegata D.C.McClint.
- Nipponocalamus diversus (Nakai) Nakai
- Nipponocalamus kiyosumisimoni (Koidz.) Honda
- Nipponocalamus pseudogracilis (Koidz.) Nakai
- Nipponocalamus simonii (Carrière) Nakai
- Nipponocalamus simonii var. heterophyllus (Makino & Shiras.) Nakai
- Nipponocalamus simonii var. variegatus (Hook.) Nakai
- Pleioblastus diversus Nakai
- Pleioblastus kiyosumisimoni Koidz.
- Pleioblastus pseudogracilis Koidz.
- Pleioblastus simonii f. akame Muroi
- Pleioblastus simonii f. aureostriatus Muroi
- Pleioblastus simonii f. heterophyllus (Makino & Shiras.) Muroi
- Pleioblastus simonii f. kiyosumisimonii (Koidz.) Muroi
- Pleioblastus simonii f. variegatus (Hook.) Muroi
- Pleioblastus simonii f. zigzag Satomi
- Pleioblastus simonii var. heterophyllus (Makino & Shiras.) Nakai
- Pleioblastus simonii var. variegatus (Hook.) Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid, Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: ‘Uncle Carl’, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.