*Anisocampium niponicum (Mettenius) Y.C. Liu, W.L. Chiou, & M. Kato. Common name: Japanese Painted Fern. Habitat: Suburban woodlands, lawns; commonly planted as an ornamental, rarely naturalizing. This common suburban ornamental (forma picta) spreads locally from plantings; it seems only a matter of time before it naturalizes more widely. Distribution: Native of e. Asia. Reported as naturalizing sparingly in AR (Peck 2011). Reported for Cleburne County, AL (Yawn et al. 2024).
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Lin et al (2013), Liu, Chiou, & Kato (2011), Wei et al (2018); Asplenium niponicum Mett.; = Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance — NE, POWO; = n/a — FNA2, NS, RAB
Links to other floras: = n/a - FNA2
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