General:
Deciduous perennial arising individually at spaced intervals from long creeping rhizomes and usually in large colonies.

Leaves:
On wiry, smooth or sparingly glandular stipes, 10-40 cm long, blades triangular, 10-35 cm long and about the same width, 3-pinnate; ultimate segments lobed.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Dryopteris disjuncta (Rupr.) Morton
Gymnocarpium dryopteris subsp. disjunctum (Rupr.) Sarvela
Gymnocarpium dryopteris var. disjunctum (Rupr.) Ching