Yushania glauca T. P. Yi & T. L. Long

This species would appear to be very similar to the preceding one.

The shoots are an important food for the giant panda.

Rhizome neck 15–45 cm. Culms 3–7 m, 1.1–1.7 cm in diam.; internodes terete, 26–33 cm, initially thickly white powdery, glabrous; wall 2.5–5 mm thick; nodes with weakly prominent supra-nodal ridge; sheath scar prominent, woody. Branches 3–5, roughly horizontal. Culm sheaths persistent, abaxially purple spotted, narrowly rounded, 1/3–1/2 as long as internodes, cartilaginous, glabrous, longitudinal ribs purple, margins glabrous; auricles prominent, purple-red, falcate; oral setae many, radiating, 3–4 mm; ligule arcuate, 1–4 mm; blade erect, triangular or lanceolate, glabrous, base excurrent. Leaves 1–5 per ultimate branch; leaf sheath margins glabrous; auricles gradually deciduous, oblong or falcate; oral setae present; ligule inclined, 1–2 mm; blade abaxially pale, lanceolate, 4–13.5 × (0.7–)1.1–1.7 cm, glabrous, secondary veins 3–5-paired, transverse veins dense, thin, tessellate, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margins serrulate.Inflorescence unknown. New shoots May.

S Sichuan.

* 2500–3200 m.

Yushania glauca là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được T.P.Yi & T.L.Long miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1989.

白背玉山竹（学名：Yushania glauca）为禾本科玉山竹属下的一个种。