Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Grass
Origin
Europe, Northern Africa, Asia
Southeastern Asia, India, China
Types
-
Bambusoideae, Clumping bamboo, Running bamboo
Number of Varieties
112
0
40000
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Habitat
Floodplains, Shores of rivers or lakes
Dry Forest
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99999-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-1
12 - 10
Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
7.60 cm15.20 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
10.20 cm30.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Lavender
Brownish Red
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
Dark Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Elliptic to oblong
digitate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Very Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Wet Site, Drought, Soil Compaction
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings, Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep ground moist, Keep the Soil well drained, Medium, Requires regular watering
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves
-
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
Aphids, Mealybugs, Red blotch, Scale, Whiteflies
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Cold climate, Drought, Heat Tolerance, Wet Site
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies, Flying insects, Insects
Mice
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for birds, Food for insects
Air purification, Food for insects, Wildlife
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
Tree trunks
Other Uses
Added to salads, Used As Food
Economic Purpose, Traditional medicine, Used As Food, Used for woodware, Used in Furniture, Used in paper industry
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Herb, Vegetable
Feature Plant, Tropical
Botanical Name
VALERIANELLA locusta
DENDROCALAMUS strictus
Common Name
Mache, corn salad, common cornsalad, lamb's lettuce, fetticus, fieldsalat, nut lettuce, field salad,rapunzel
Male Bamboo, Timber Bamboo
In Hindi
Lamb's Lettuce
इमारती लकड़ी बांस
In German
Feldsalat
Holz Bambus
In French
Mâche
bois Bambou
In Spanish
Miramores
bambú
In Greek
Μαρούλι αρνιού
ξυλείας Μπαμπού
In Portuguese
Alface-de-cordeiro
Bamboo Timber
In Polish
Roszpunka
Drewno Bamboo
In Latin
Lactuca agni
lignum
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Poales
Family
Valerianaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Valerianella
Bambusa
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
Valerianeae
Bambuseae
Subfamily
Valerianoideae
Bambusoideae
Number of Species
1001000
1
27800
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