Phyllostachys arcana McClure

The shoots are edible, and the small, hard culms are used as props and for handles of farm implements.

Culms ca. 8 m, ca. 3 cm in diam.; internodes initially green, lower nodes distally blotched purple, becoming yellow-green in age, to 20 cm, white powdery, glabrous; wall 2–3 mm thick; nodes initially purple, nodal ridge elevated, more prominent than sheath scar. Culm sheaths pale green-purple or yellow-green, at lower and or basal nodes with purple blotches and small spots, initially white powdery, scabrous between veins and minutely strigose, at upper nodes unmarked, usually glabrous; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule purple or yellow-green, peaked, fragile, 4–8 mm, usually decurrent on one or both sides, erose or lacerate, ciliolate; blade reflexed, green, linear, flat or ± wavy on lower sheaths. Leaves 2 or 3 per ultimate branch; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule arcuate, long, brittle; blade linear-lanceolate, 7–11 × 1.2–1.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, rarely abaxially pilose proximally. New shoots Apr.

Anhui, Gansu, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.

* Cultivated; 700–1800 m.

Phyllostachys arcana is a species of bamboo found in Anhui, Gansu, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang provinces of China at elevations of 700 – 1800 meters

Phyllostachys arcana er bambustegund sem var lýst af McClure. Hann getur orðið 7,5 m hár og stönglarnir 30 mm í þvermál. Ættuð frá Kína (Anhui, Gansu, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan og Zhejiang).

Phyllostachys arcana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được McClure miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1945.

石绿竹（学名：Phyllostachys arcana）为禾本科刚竹属下的一个种。