Rhizome short, erect. Stalks brown below, to 12 cm long, scaly. Blade elliptic, divided 3-4 times, to 1 m long, 25 cm wide, pale green and leathery. Ultimate segments linear. Sori to 2 mm long.

Needs shelter and warmth.

NZ, Pacific Is.

Fronds divided 3-4 times; segments linear and swollen at sori.

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