Athyrium sheareri Assam region of India pubescens and the Taiwanese native

pubescens and the Taiwanese native Cypripedium segawae

the flower emerges alongside the tripartite leaf

Being a wine grower

an easy-to-grow evergreen fern

adjacent to the South Carolina Darlington Raceway

Athyrium sheareri Assam region of India pubescens and the Taiwanese native(aka: Anisocampium sheareri) Athyrium sheareri is a dynamite, but little known groundcover fern, originally shared with us by fern guru and author, the late John Mickel, from his spore collection in Japan. This very slow spreader with scrumptious black green foliage, hails from valley and streamsides to 6,000' elevation in China, Japan, and Korea. Genetically, Athyrium sheareri is fascinating since it is an apomictic triploid (three times the normal