腎蕨屬多年生草本，臺灣原生，熱帶亞洲亦有分佈。地生或間隙附生型蕨類，植株高60~100cm，具短直立莖。葉叢生，密布毛狀鱗片，一回羽狀複葉；羽片呈長鐮刀形，鋸齒緣，基部朝上一側多少耳狀突起；羽片緊靠葉軸，但未覆於葉軸上；葉表邊緣有泌水孔。孢子囊群位在前側小脈頂端，孢膜腎形。

A perennial herb of the genus Nephrolepis, native to Taiwan and also distributed in tropical Asia. Terrestrial or interstitial ferns, plants 60-100 cm high, with short upright stems. Fronds tufted, densely covered with hair-like scales, pinnately compound; pinna long sickle-shaped, margin serrated with ear-shaped enation on the upright side of the base; pinna positioned closely to but not covered by the rachis; hydathodes borne on the margin. Sori located at the tip of the fine veins with a kidney-shaped spore membrane.

喜半遮陰潮濕環境，介質肥沃且排水良好。以孢子繁殖，亦可分株繁殖。

The plants prefer partial shade and humid environment as well as a fertile and well-draining medium. Propagated by spores and ramets.

可做遮蔭處地被植物或室內盆栽，全草可入藥。

The plant can be used as shade groundcover or indoor bonsai; the whole plant has medicinal properties.