Rhizome short and prostrate with an erect tip; scales long, narrow, brown. Fronds to over 1 m long, mostly divided twice; stalk with hairs and warty scales at the base. Blade with both surfaces of the main axis and side-branches covered with spreading hairs, the lower surface also with pale brown scales. Sori small, roundish, on the veins. Indusium small, mostly persistent.

Needs shelter and warmth.

Qld, New Guinea, Malesia, Pacific and SE Asia.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Thelypteridaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.