Hydrocharitaceae
Halophila spinulosa
Halophila spinulosa
Also known as Kernera spinulosa, Caulinia spinulosa
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Seagrass · Marine Plant · Tropical · Saltwater · Aquatic · Halophila · Reef Habitat · Underwater Plant · Coastal Ecology · Specialist Plant
Halophila spinulosa is a tropical marine seagrass that grows fully submerged in shallow coastal saltwater environments and is not suitable for conventional home gardens or aquariums. It requires stable salinity, warm water temperatures, and filtered sunlight in a marine aquatic setting. This species is primarily of interest to marine ecologists and specialized saltwater aquarists.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Requires full marine submersion in a saltwater aquatic environment at all times · Continuously submerged in saltwater
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sumatera, Western Australia
Sources: trefle
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