Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef.

Lower surface of the pinnules always glabrous. Lower surface of the ultimate lateral axes (i.e. costae) clothed with flat, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, shortly fimbriate scales. Pinnules widely spreading at 60o–90o to the axes. Plants up to 2 m high. Widespread. Rocky hillsides; margins of RF; open forests