Rhizome shortly creeping, clad in hair-like pale to dark brown paleae up to 8 mm. long; stipites densely clustered. Stipes (5)-10-15-(25)cm. long, slender, stiff, wiry, very dark brown, ± lustrous, glab. except at very base. Rhachis similar to stipes, bearing subopp. distant pinnae. Lamina 5-20-(25) × 1·5-2.5-(4) cm., narrow oblong, glab. or nearly so, dull green. Primary pinnae stalked, ascending, about ovate, up to 2.5 cm. × 7 mm. Secondary pinnae or segs shortly stalked to sessile, c. 5 mm. long, narrow-oblong, crenulate; margins ± recurved in dry state. Sori distinct to confluent, ± protected by reflexed pale margin.

n = 87