Rhizome thin, erect, tufted, covered with dark scales and producing wiry stolons. Sterile and fertile fronds similar. Fronds to 70 cm long, ovate in outline. Stalk blackish. Segments stiff, linear-lanceolate, lower ones distinctly stalked, uppermost ones often fused at the base.

Needs shelter and warmth.

E Qld.

Sterile and fertile fronds similar; at least a few of the upper segments fused to the axis at the base.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Blechnaceae. In: Spencer, R.. 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.