Ostrich fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Flower name
Ostrich fern
Scientific name
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Aliasクサソテツ, 屈, コゴミ, Ostrich fern
Place of originTemperate regions of the northern hemisphere
Place of floweringField, Low mountains
Flowering season

What is Ostrich fern

Ostrich fern(scientific name: Matteuccia struthiopteris) is a deciduous perennial fern of the family onocleaceae of the genus mteuccia. The ostrich fern resembles a bracken or a osmund, and the upper part is in the coiled shape.
The shoots of the ostrich fern is called pteretis (buckling) and edible mountain grass. Season is May-June is Peony species are cultivated, so can get even in the winter. Boiling to cook a light salad or boiled, Tempura, eat. Taste is not habit.

Common name: Ostrich fern, Scientific name:Matteuccia struthiopteris,
Another name: shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, onoclea struthiopteris, pteretis struthiopteris
Habitat: all over Japan, environment: low mountain in damp places, living type: perennial live fern, leaf: pinnately compound leaves, shape: bracken fern and spring to similar upper spiral, season: 5-6 months (Peony species are grown. ), How to Cook: lightly boiled, Tempura and salad taste: has a particularly strong taste not, use: grass.