Grammitis stenophylla

Polypodiaceae

Grammitis stenophylla Parris

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/104038

Rhizome erect to short-creeping. Fronds 0.1–0.5 mm apart; base glabrous. Stipe absent. Lamina (8–) 17–46 (–88) mm long, 1–4 mm wide, thinly coriaceous, glabrous or hairy; hairs 0.1–0.3 mm long, whitish to pale red-brown, catenate, simple, glandular and eglandular, and/or similar-coloured, forked, on margins and abaxially on midvein; veins usually not visible in transmitted light, with conspicuous hydathodes. Sori rounded to oblong, (1–) 3–14 (–25) pairs in distal one-fifth to three-quarters of lamina. Sporangia glabrous; thickened annulus cells 7–10 (–14). Spores (18–) 26–35 (–46) µm diam. 

Endemic to eastern Australia from Mt Boolbon NE QLD to central coast of NSW.

Epiphytic or lithophytic, usually in mid to upper montane rainforest and wet-sclerophyll forest.