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Dryopteris erythrosora has an erect to short-creeping rhizome, 2-pinnate ovate laminae, and narrowly ovate blackish-brown scales on the stipe. Young fronds are often red-tinged. The scales on the costae are inflated, with long, attenuate apices. The sori are arranged in one row either side of the costae, and the reniform indusia characteristically have red centres (Hoshizaki & Moran 2001).
North Island: Northland.
Altitudinal range: c. 80 m.
Collected as an escape from cultivation in Kerikeri.
Occurs naturally in China, Korea and Japan (Wu et al. 2013).
Recorded as self-sown near to a cultivated parent plant.
Heenan et al. (2008). Voucher AK 288162, 2004.