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Zostera polychlamys
Zostera polychlamys is a marine eelgrass (seagrass, not a true grass) native to the coasts of South Australia and Western Australia. It grows fully submerged in shallow sheltered seawater and is not a plant for home cultivation.
Zostera polychlamys is a species of eelgrass native to the shores of South Australia and Western Australia. It was first discovered at Flinders Bay in Western Australia in 1990.
Species code: za · Species code: Zs · Species code: Zp · Zostera capricorni · Species code: Zl · Dwarf Eelgrass · Seawrack · Zostera mucronata · Species code: Zc · Species code: Zg · Zostera novazelandica · Species code: Zt
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zostera polychlamys 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.
