Athyrium niponicum
Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 53 cm
- wide
- 53 cm
Aspleniaceae
Formerly Anisocampium niponicum, Asplenium niponicum, Asplenium uropteron, Athyrium biondii, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Himalaya to S. Russian Far East and N. Indo-China, Temp. E. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, not yet checkedOne source. Checker: NC State Extension page does not state medium: it gives no watering level, only a preference for moist rich soil
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 日本安蕨, 日本蹄盖蕨, 日本蹄蓋蕨
- Simplified Chinese
- 华东蹄盖蕨, 日本蹄盖蕨, 云南蹄盖蕨
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Athyrium niponicum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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