Athyrium melanolepis — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Fronds

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: The very young fronds (croziers) are eaten. No more details are given, but some caution is advised. See the notes above on toxicity.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A compact fern reaching 0.3 m tall. Accommodates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with well-drained preference. Tolerates very acidic to mildly alkaline pH. Grows in full shade to semi-shade and prefers moist to wet soil conditions.

How to Grow

Propagation: Spores - surface sow in a pot of sterile compost in a shady part of the greenhouse and keep moist, this is most easily done by putting the pot in a plastic bag. Pot up small clumps of the plants when they are large enough to handle and keep them moist until they are established. Plant out in late spring of the following year. Division in spring as plants come into growth. Larger divisions can be planted straight into their permanent positions whilst smaller clumps are best potted up and kept in a cold frame until they are growing away well.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

A compact fern reaching 0.3 m tall. Accommodates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with well-drained preference. Tolerates very acidic to mildly alkaline pH. Grows in full shade to semi-shade and prefers moist to wet soil conditions.