Plants medium-sized, terrestrial. Fronds broadly triangular, 1-2.5 x as long as broad, medium to dark green. Stipes straw-colored to dark reddish brown, 2-4 mm diam. at base, scaly with triangular, tan to light brown scales at bases. Blades ovate-deltate, 3-to 4-pinnate, chartaceous, medium to dark green; rachises straw-colored to dark reddish brown. Pinnae elongate-deltate, nearly touching to overlapping. Ultimate segments usually rounded, mostly 2-3 mm wide, with 1-3 teeth at tips, margins dentate with 1-3 teeth, not upcurved. Sori submarginal.
Found in mesic to wet forests, 450-2,135 m, on all major islands.