紫轴凤尾蕨(原变种) zi zhou feng wei jue (yuan bian zhong)

Pteris beddomei Sarn. Singh & Panigrahi; P. panigrahiana Sarn. Singh; P. roseolilacina Hieronymus; P. submiaoensis Sarn. Singh & Panigrahi; P. tibetica Ching; P. tirapensis Sarn. Singh & Panigrahi.

Plants 1-1.5 m tall. Stipe as long as lamina, 4-5 mm in diam.; stipe, rachis, costae, lamina margin, and indusia ± mauve, sometimes straw-colored; lamina oblong-ovate, 50-80 × 20-25 cm; lateral pinnae (2-)6-14 pairs, opposite, decumbent, sessile or basiscopically shortly stalked, lanceolate, (6-) 15-18(-23) × (1.5-)2.5-3(-5) cm.

Forests; 800-2900 m. Guangxi (Baise), Sichuan (Shimian), Xizang (Nielamu, Zayü), Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].