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Phyllospadix torreyi
Also called Species code: Pt, Surfgrass
Torrey's surfgrass is a marine seagrass-like plant that grows in the intertidal zone on the Pacific coast, anchored to rocks in surf-swept areas. It is not a garden or houseplant and cannot be grown in soil or indoors in the usual sense.
Phyllospadix torreyi, Torrey's surfgrass, is a plant species found along the Pacific Coasts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California and Baja California (including Guadalupe Island). It grows in salt marshes in the intertidal zones.
Phyllospadix torreyi is a grass-like plant with toothless leaves up to 60 cm long.
Species code: Pi · Asian Surf Grass · Phyllospadix juzepczukii · Scouler's surfgrass · Toothed surfgrass · Surfgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phyllospadix torreyi 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.
