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Athyrium niponicum
	Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Athyriales
Family:	Athyriaceae
Genus:	Athyrium
Species:	A. niponicum
Binomial name
	Athyrium niponicum; (Mett.) Hance

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Athyrium niponicum is a species of fern in the genus Athyrium, native to eastern Asia in Japan, northern China, Korea and Taiwan.

It is a deciduous herbaceous plant, with whorls of fronds growing from spreading rhizomes. The fronds are 25-40 cm tall and 15-25 cm broad, pinnate, with 6-10 pairs of pinnae 4-9 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, deeply lobed, bright green with a dark red-brown stem in the wild plant, with the spore-bearing sori on the underside of the fertile pinnae.

The species name is sometimes cited as "nipponicum".

Cultivation and uses

It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens; several cultivars have been selected, including 'Pictum' (Japanese Painted Fern) with pale silvery-green fronds and a bright red stem, 'Red Beauty' with yellow fronds and a bright red stem, and 'Pictum Cristatum' with crested fronds. 'Metallicum' is noted for its variegated silver, green and red foliage.

References

Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'

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 *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1011&taxon_id=200003811 Athyriaceae at E-floras: ''Athyrium niponicum'']
 *[http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/udth/bin/fot1.exe/browse?bid=1&page=424 Flora of Taiwan: ''Athyrium nipponicum'']
-*{{ja icon}} [http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~chaca/inuwarabi.htm Photos of wild plants in Japan]
+*{{ja icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060721194703/http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp:80/~chaca/inuwarabi.htm Photos of wild plants in Japan]
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