Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum)

Family: Dryopteridaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Form: Irregular or sprawling, Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Very young fronds (croziers) - boiled. Some caution is advised. See the notes above on toxicity. — Very young fronds (croziers) - boiled.; Some caution is advised.; See the notes above on toxicity.

Habitat & North American Range

Shaded places in lowland all over Japan. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)