Japan Flora: Rhizomes elongate; fronds short-pilose, decidu­ous, sparsely scaly; stipes 20-40 cm. long, straw-colored, brownish at base, densely pilose; scales brown, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 6-8 mm. long, 1-3 mm. wide, ciliolate, puberulous outside; blades membranous, oblong-lanceolate, 30-45 cm. long, 12-22 cm. wide, acuminate, not or slightly narrowed at base, densely white spaading-pilose; pinnae 10-15 pairs, linear- lanceolate, 15-30 cm. wide, acuminate, sessile, pinnately parted to cleft, the lobes oblong, obtuse to rounded, subentire to cre­nate, 4-6 mm. wide, the veins pinnate, the veinlets usually simple; sori linear; indusia absent. Lowlands and hills.

Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. Korea, Rynkyus, Formosa, China, Malaysia, India to Europe and Africa.