Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Red Beauty’
Japanese painted fern
These Japanese painted ferns are cultivars popular for their delicate appearance and interesting coloration.
Identification: These ferns have red stems and silver, red, or bluish-green variegated fronds. Fronds are triangular, and appealingly colored. They are 10–24″ (25–60 cm) around. The ‘Red Beauty’ cultivar has silvery gray-green fronds and contrasting red stems and veins.
Habitats: Sheltered, shady, rich soil.
Online References:
4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland · ≈ 17 × 12″ (44 × 29 cm) ID is uncertain 
8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
| Class | Filicopsida | “Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns |
| Order | Polypodiales | Polypod ferns |
| Family | Dryopteridaceae | Wood ferns (about 70% of the ferns) |
| Genus | Athyrium | From Greek a, “without,” and thurium, “shield,” (or thura, “door”), from the shape of the sori |
| Species | niponicum | “Of or from Japan” |
| var. | pictum | “Painted“ |
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Red Beauty’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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