Carrot fern
Onychium japonicum (Thunb.) Kunze [Parkeriaceae]
Tachishinomu (タチシノブ, 立忍)
Lifeform: evergreen fern
Distribution: India- Malaysia - China - Korea - southern Japan
Habitat: common in countrysides
Onychium japonicum in Japan
This genus has one species in Japan.
[Left] a foliage. [Center] a leaf. [Right] close-up of leaf. The species may be used for researches on number of veins. At Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009. Thanks Sato-san.