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Halophila australis
Also called Paddle Weed
Halophila australis, the paddle weed, is a marine seagrass native to southern Australia that grows submerged in calm coastal waters on mud or sand. It is not a plant for home gardens, and care only applies to aquarium or marine-tank conditions.
Halophila australis, the paddle weed, is a species of seagrass in the family Hydrocharitaceae, native to southern Australia. Preferring calm waters, it is found on both mud and sand substrates from the low tide mark down to about 23 m (75 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Halophila australis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
