Hypolepis distans Hook.

Rhizome 1-3 mm wide, covered with red-brown hairs. Blade more or less elliptic to narrowly ovate in outline, divided 3 times, mostly less than 70 cm long, leathery and rough, hairs few if any. Stalks and main axis shiny red-brown. Sori protected by toothed flaps curled under margin.

Can grow in cool areas.

Tas., NZ.

Narrow, leathery fronds with segment veins terminating in shallow notch; thin, glossy frond stalk.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Dennstaedtiaceae. 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.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Polypodiopsida
order     Polypodiales
family      Dennstaedtiaceae
genus       Hypolepis Bernh.