Synonym: Elaphoglossum alatum Gaudich. var. parvisquameum (Skottsb.) W. R. Anderson & Crosby
Common names: hoe a Miiui ("Maui's paddle"), 'ekaha
Endemic
Latin parvus, little, less, + squama, scale, referring to the sparse, small rhizome scales. Plants medium-sized, terrestrial or epiphytic. Rhizomes short-creeping, 4-7 mm diam., covered with scales, scales small, often tiny, 1-2 x 1 mm, closely imbricate, triangular to lanceolate, light to dark brown to black, brittle, with tips curled over; residual short, dead stipe bases prominent, phyl-lopodia usually covering rhizomes, less than 1.5 mm long. Sterile blades 15-45(-60) x 4-7(-9.5) cm, elliptic to oblanceolate, erect. Fertile blades longer and narrower, with long, winged stipes. Stipes winged except at base, wings widening and blending into fronds. Veins parallel, anastomosing near margin to form a continuous commissural vein.
Common, usually growing on moss, in moist forests, 450-1,800 m, on Moloka'i (a single collection), Maui, Lana 'i, and Hawai 'i.
Elaphoglossum parvisquameum, found mostly on Maui and Hawai'i, may be distinguished by parallel veins, free and forking, arising from the midrib and all joining to form a continuous vein close to and parallel with the margin; winged stipes; and characteristic scales. It is similar to E. fauriei, but the rhizome scales are smaller and triangular, rather than linear-triangular.