Rhizomes creeping, thick, fronds separating individually; scales golden yellow. Fronds mostly more than 1 m long, leathery. Segments cut almost to the midrib, more or less linear, generally waxy blue. Sori away from the margin, orange.
Needs shelter and warmth.
Tropical America.
Rhizome with golden yellow scales.
Source: (1995). Polypodiaceae. In: . 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. (as Polypodium aureum)
