Fronds unbranched, 20–65 cm long, growing for more than one season; basal portion of stem with groove on upper surface. Leaves not crowded (c. 3 per cm), mostly 20–25 mm long, smaller in younger parts of plant, firm; base asymmetrical; apex truncate with fine excurrent point, 2–4 mm long. Sporophyll lobes 10–15 mm long and c. 2–3 mm wide. Synangium elongate, 4–6 mm long, with pointed ends.
GleP, VVP, GipP, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, HFE, VAlp. Also NSW, Tas. (including Bass Strait islands), Norfolk Is. On trunks of tree-ferns and occasionally shady, moist rock-faces.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1994). Ferns and allied plants (Psilophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Polypodiophyta). In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 13–111. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
