Distributed from Southeast Asia to Japan, Malesia, New Caledonia, Queensland, and throughout the Pacific.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.
Habitat
Disturbed areas and along trails
Elevation
5-1160 m
Habit
Plants medium-sized; rhizomes short-creeping, around 0.7 cm diameter.
Leaves
Fronds 30-90 cm long; stipe mostly straw-colored, covered with white hairs; blade 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, elongate-deltate, medium to light green, usually dull; rachises green, covered with short, fine, white hairs, 16-24 pinna pairs before pinnatifid tips; pinnae linear-lanceolate, 12-15 cm long, deeply lobed, basal pinna pairs not or barely reduced, sinuses wide, cut 1/2-2/3 to costae, hairs conspicuous, 0.4-0.6 mm long, occasional hairs longer, more on abaxial surface, tips acuminate, stalked red glands present, especially near abaxial veins; veins pinnate with 6-8 branches, basal veins anastomosing once before forming excurrent veins to sinuses.
Sori
Sori medial; indusia present.
Notes
Latin parasiticus, parasite, derivation is obscure.
