5a. Onychium japonicum var. japonicum
野雉尾金粉蕨(原变种) ye zhi wei jin fen jue (yuan bian zhong)
Trichomanes japonicum Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 340. 1784; Caenopteris japonica (Thunberg) Thunberg; Cryptogramma japonica (Thunberg) Prantl; Darea japonica (Thunberg) Willdenow; Onychium chinense (Desvaux) Fée; Phorolobus chinensis Desvaux; Pteris japonica (Thunberg) Mettenius.
Plants (16-)40-60 cm tall. Rhizomes ca. 3 mm in diam. Stipe straw-colored, at most brown proximally. Ultimate pinnules or segments usually 5-7 mm.
By streams, roadsides, forest margins; 200-2200 m. Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, W Hebei (Xinle), Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Thailand; Oceania].