Terrestrial fern. Rhizome with numerous, narrow, attenuate, light brown scales. Fronds pinnate, erect; stipe 5–10 cm long, with narrow scales becoming linear above; lamina 30–50 cm long, 2–4.5 cm broad; rachis with narrow, linear scales; pinnae closely adjacent, subsessile, deltoid-oblong, 10–25 mm long, 5–9 mm broad, unequally cordate at base, shortly auriculate, the lobes overlapping the rachis, shallowly crenate; veins terminating in submarginal hydrathodes on upper surface. Sori in a single row on each side of costae. [From Green (1994: 606–607) as Nephrolepis cordifolia; requires revision to exclude elements of N. cordifolia. A description of N. flexuosa is provided by de Lange et al. (2005: 567)-Editor, 14 July 2022.]
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