Phyllospadix scouleri Hook.

Herbs; nodes with 2 rows of 3--5 roots. Leaves: sheath 4--35 cm, margins not overlapping; blade to 2 m ´ 1--4 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to truncate or rarely slightly notched; veins 3. Generative shoots 0.2--11 cm, nodes 1--2, proximal node when present with 1 leaf, sterile, distal node with 1 leaf and 1(--2) spathes. Inflorescences: peduncles 11--60 ´ 1--2 mm; staminate bract 4--5.5 ´ 2--3 mm; pistillate bract 4--8 ´ 1.5--3 mm, base not narrowed, apex truncate to acute. Fruits 4--5 ´ 5.5 mm.

Intertidal and sub-tidal levels on the Pacific coast.

The underground stems or rhizomes are chewed raw. The leaves are occasionally cooked and eaten when they have herring eggs on them.

Can be grown by seedlings.