Deparia kaalaana, a fern in the Athyriaceae family, is small and terrestrial. Rhizomes (stems) are decumbent (ground creeping) to erect. Fronds are 15 to 30 cm (0.4 to 12 in) long, sometimes proliferous (bearing plantlets) near the tips of the rachises (blade midrib). Stipes (frond stalk) are straw...