General description
It is a hardy perennial plant, making excellent stiff, closely-growing hedges. Clump-forming bamboo, forming dense clumps but not running extensively. Stems usually 3-5m x 1-2 cm diameter and at least some stems striped yellow and green. Culm sheaths with black hairs that are soon shed. Several branches at each node. Leaf-blade linear-lanceoloate, 6-15cm long 0.6-1.5cm wide, glaucous, hairy underneath.
