Fargesia exposita T. P. Yi

The shoots are edible, and the culms are used for weaving.

Rhizome neck (1.5–)2–5.5 cm, (0.8–)1–2 cm in diam. Culms 3–4.5(–5) m, 0.8–1.6(–2.5) cm in diam.; internodes terete, 20–23 cm, initially white powdery, glabrous; wall 3–4 mm thick; supra-nodal ridges level or slightly prominent; sheath scar prominent. Branches 7–15 per node; culm bud 1, narrowly ovoid, appressed, margins white ciliate. Culm sheaths deciduous, oblong-triangular, ca. 3/5 as long as internodes, leathery, shoulders convex on sheaths of upper culm, grayish white or yellow setose, margins slightly yellow or gray ciliate; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule purple, truncate or concave, 0.5–1 mm, wider than base of sheath blade, glabrous; blade erect or reflexed, triangular or linear-triangular, glabrous, margins serrulate. Leaves 3–6 per ultimate branch; sheath glabrous; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule purple, truncate or arched, ca. 0.5 mm, glabrous; blade narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4–9.5 × 0.4–0.8 cm, glabrous, secondary veins (2 or)3-paired, transverse veins distinct, base cuneate, margins serrulate. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Jul.

S Sichuan (Mianning).

* 2700–2800 m.

Fargesia exposita là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được T.P.Yi mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1992.