pentagulare: Parapolystichum microsorum, synonym (in part) Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.

[2] The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests.

It may form large colonies.

The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".

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