Rhizome to 5 mm wide, covered with pale brown hair. Fronds to 2 m long. Blade to nearly 1 m long, divided 4-5 times, broadly triangular in outline. Stalk stout and, at the base, dark brown with colourless non-glandular hairs, slightly rough. Sori near the margin. Indusium consisting of a toothed, reflexed marginal flap.

Can grow in cool areas.

Qld, NSW, Lord Howe I., Vic., SW Pacific.

Large, broad fronds with thick stalks and blades lacking glandular hairs.

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.