Description
- Size35 cm – 1.5 m high
- Broadly triangular dark green fronds, divided 3 times, to 0.6 m wide. Oblong asymmetrical segments, base running onto midrib; margin lobes pointed or wedge-shaped. Midrib brown at base, grooved with side ridges. Rough reddish-brown stem.
- . Round spore cases in 2 rows near margins, near gap of lobe or tooth. Sometimes partially covered by recurved fringed margin flap.
- Moist to wet alluvial soils in humid forests, along watercourses or on well drained mountain slopes in moist to wet forests and rainforests. Often in disturbed sites beside tracks. Full sun (with moisture) to semi shade.
- Vigorous fern for underplanting in sheltered gullies and along water courses.
