Rhizomes with scales to 1 cm or so long. Fronds mostly to 30 cm long; blade more or less ovate in outline, triangular at first, thin. Segments shorter towards the tip, generally toothed. Sori elliptic.

Can grow in cool areas.

S Europe, Mediterranean.

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