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Thalassia hemprichii
Also called Species code: Th, Turtle Grass, Sickle Seagrass
Thalassia hemprichii is a marine seagrass, not a land plant, that forms dense meadows on shallow tropical sea floors in the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and western Pacific. It is grown only in marine aquaria or restored habitats, never as a houseplant.
Thalassia hemprichii, called Pacific turtlegrass, is a widespread species of seagrass in the family Hydrocharitaceae, native to the shores of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean. Its growth rate increases with CO2 enrichment, and it can tolerate lowered light conditions caused by algal blooms, allowing for it to respond positively to ocean acidification and other disturbances.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thalassia hemprichii 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.
