Nephrolepis arida D.L.Jones

Stolons and basal portions of stipes with scattered lanceolate red-brown scales which sometimes bear marginal cilia. Fronds to 1.7 m long; rachis with moderately dense short simple rust-coloured hairs. Pinnae often with a blunt triangular basal auricle. Sterile pinnae 10-75 mm long, 7-15 mm wide; margins crenate towards rounded (occasionally acute) apex; underside of pinnae and upper midrib usually covered with short simple hairs, sometimes also with scattered hair-like scales. Fertile pinnae similar to sterile. Sori submarginal, often irregularly spaced; indusium reniform.

Grows in damp crevices and on ledges in sandstone gorges.