| Scientific Name: | Phyllostachys aurea |
| Common Name: | gold stem bamboo, golden bamboo |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Bamboo, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Stiffly upright, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Filler, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Screening, Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Purple, Brown, May |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Clump forming bamboo with culms emerging in spring and soon dropping their sheaths to expose green internodes that turn golden yellow with flat groove on one side of similar colour, some internodes near at base of culm are typically shortened, nodes 2-ridged with often fewer than three branches attached; leaves upright, most <8cm long. | |