Davallia solida var. pyxidata

Rhizome as described for family, sometimes standing erect, old rhizomes with raised scars left by fallen fronds. Fronds distant along rhizome, erect, shiny, leathery, 10–20 cm long (in Victoria). Stipe long, broadly grooved, with scattered scales. Lamina 3-pinnate, broadly triangular, dark green; rachises with wide groove and prominent lateral ridges. Pinnae segments narrower in fertile fronds than in sterile ones; lowest pinnae asymmetric, broader towards stipe; pinnules decurrent, asymmetric, rhomboidal to ovate, toothed or lobed. Sori submarginal, numerous, slightly sunken; indusium cup-shaped and opening towards margin; spores yellow to light-brown.