English: Painted Ffrn.
Synonym: Athyrium niponicum
Clades:
Athyriaceae.
Region: east Asia, China, Japan, Korea, northeast India, Myanmar, Vietnam.
Habitat: shaded places in lowland; humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil; part shade to full shade; calcifuge; prefers acid soil, can tolerate alkaline soils if plenty of leaf mould is added; well in heavy clay soil; prefers a moist sheltered site with moderately high atmospheric humidity; semi-shaded bog-garden or in damp woodland; in garden borders in full or part shade.
Ecology: rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer.
Content: thiaminase.
Use: young leaves, boiled for food; ornamental.
BotanyFern; deciduous; forming a cluster of arching fronds 30 to 75 cm tall, exceptionally to 120 cm.
Root: shortly creeping, ascending rhizome; spreading at the roots to form colonies.
TaxonomyAnisocampium has recently been transferred from Athyrium to the genus Anisocampium. However, it is possible that the entire genus Anisocampium will eventually be returned to Athyrium because of the difficulty of actually separating the two genera based on physical characteristics.