Pteris vittata

Rhizome very short, densely covered with pale beige scales. Fronds tufted, erect and arching, 30–75 cm long. Stipe short, deeply grooved, fawn, covered with pale, hair-tipped scales and some short hairs. Lamina once pinnate with longer pinnae near middle of frond (but not becoming much shorter towards tip), terminal pinnae similar to lateral pinnae, almost glabrous. Pinnae close together, numerous, very shortly stalked to sessile, linear to narrowly oblong, middle pinnae 10–15 cm long, margins clear and finely toothed when sterile, apices pointed; veins close together, almost parallel, simple or forked, free. Sori continuous along both sides of pinnae from near base to near tip; nearly all pinnae on mature plants fertile.