Plants 25-50 cm tall. Rhizome erect, densely covered with brown scales. Stipe stramineous, 12-26 cm, 2-3 mm in diam. at base, lower portion densely scaly; scales brown, sometimes with a dark brown central stripe, ovate or lanceolate, dentate. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, 20-42 × 8-14 cm, base not contracted or slightly contracted, 1-imparipinnate, apex obtuse; rachis with sparse lanceolate or linear brown scales. Lateral pinnae 7-16(-29) pairs, alternate, nearly spreading, shortly stalked, lanceolate, ± falcate; middle pinnae 5-8 × 1.2-2 cm, base oblique, acroscopic margins subtruncate and sometimes with weak, blunt auricles, basiscopic margins cuneate, margins entire or sometimes serrulate, apex acuminate or rarely caudate; terminal pinna ovate-lanceolate, sometimes lower portion with 1 or 2 lobes, 3-6 × 1.5-3 cm; papery, glabrous on both surfaces; venation pinnate, slightly raised abaxially, indistinct adaxially, veinlets anastomosing to form 4 or 5 rows of areoles on each side of midrib, each areole with 1 or 2 included free veinlets. Sori throughout abaxial surface of pinnae; indusia grayish, margins entire.
Varieties 3 (1 in the flora): North America, Asia.
Rhizome short, covered with scales; scales oblong-ovate to subtriangular, rounded at base, gradually narrowing towards tailed apex, up to 15 by 4 mm, brown, darker in central portion, minutely lacerate at margin. Stipe stramineous, scaly throughout, 10–15 cm long. Lamina imparipinnate; lateral pinnae 6–9 pairs, stalked, oblong, falcate, auricled at anterior and cuneate at posterior bases, gradually narrowing to caudate apex, minutely dentate at margin up to the very apex, 4.5–7 by 2–2.4 cm, terminal pinna commonly subtriangular, up to 3 cm broad; coriaceous, glabrous, green, paler beneath; veins anastomosing to form 4–5 rows of areoles with included veinlets. Sori dorsal on included veinlets, round, 2–4 rows at each side of costa; indusia round-reniform, peltate, up to 7 mm diam.
Blätter überwinternd, 30–80 cm lang, lanzettlich, einfach gefiedert, kurz gestielt. Spreuschuppen reichlich, bis 1,5 cm lang. Fiedern weich-lederig, 1–3 cm breit, vorn allmählich verschmälert, fein gesägt (Lupe!), oberseits mattgrün b
On sandstone in shady river border in forest at about 600 m alt.
6–7. Schattige, feuchte Mauern und Felsen, kollin. Als Zierpflanze kultiviert und besonders in der Südschweiz verwildert.
Thailand, Japan (type), S. Korea, SE. China, and Indochina.
| Name | Language | Country | |
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| Cyrtomium di Fortune | Italian | CH |
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| Fortunes Sichelfarn | German | CH |
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| Cyrtomium de Fortune | French | CH |
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