Lindsaea trichomanoides

Rhizome creeping, covered with narrow scales. Fronds close together, erect and quite stiff, 10–35 cm long. Stipe relatively long, wiry, dark brown to red-brown, shiny. Lamina lanceolate to oblong, mostly 2-pinnate, dark green, relatively coarse in texture; rachises red-brown. Pinnae shortly stalked, more distant towards base of frond; pinnules or lobes obovate to almost wedge-shaped with rounded outer margins, 4–10 mm long. Sori extending along outer margin, protected by membranous indusium.