| Scientific Name: | Shibataea kumasasa |
| Common Name: | zig-zag bamboo, ruscus-leaved 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: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Filler, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Whorled, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Clump forming bamboo, <1.5m height; stems red tinged; leaves elliptic, light green/white tips, up to 10cm long. | |