Phyllospadix
| Surfgrass | |
|---|---|
| Close-up photo of a leaf blade of a Phyllospadix species (surfgrass) with a marine snail on the leaves. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Zosteraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllospadix Hooker (1840) |
Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass, is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840. Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.
It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.