NOTES: Deciduous. Grayish-green fronds with purple midribs. Native to eastern Asia. NOT evergreen. Planted on "Herb Wall."
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Japanese Painted Fern
Genus species:
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
Common Name:
Japanese Painted Fern
Variety:
Pictum
Family Name:
Dryopteridaceae
Rhizomes creeping, scaly; leaves various, the petioles with 2-many vascular bundles; sori dorsal on veins or at vein tips, an indusium present in most, linear to reniform to hoodlike or lobed but not marginal; sporangia with annulus complete.
Seed Type:
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
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