Terrestrial; rhizome stout, +/- erect; petiole bases close and few; rhizome and petiole bases with short, stiff, whitish trichomes as well as reddish-brown lanceolate-linear scales to ca 1 cm long, basifixed and often auriculate, at least 1 surface bearing pubescence like that on the rhizome. Leaves 2-pinnate-pinnatifid (at least appearing so); petioles light in color, as long as or shorter than blades; rachis grooved on upper side and with dense pubescence on the medial ridge, the ridge extending in a narrow line onto midrib of pinnae; pinnae lacy, sessile, mostly to 12 cm long, oblong-lanceolate and long-acuminate, the leaflets toothed to deeply pinnatifid, divided to very near the base but at least appearing to be free, the upper surface with stiff acicular trichomes on veins, the lower surface bearing similar but longer, jointed trichomes and minute stalked glands. Sori small with moderately few sporangia, borne in a row on either side of midrib of leaflets; indusium small, thin, sparsely long-ciliate. Croat 7715.