page_title: Saccorhiza polyschides
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Saccorhiza polyschides / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Saccorhiza polyschides (above) and Saccharina latissima (below).
context_page_description: Saccorhiza polyschides, common name furbellow, is a large brown algae of the lower shore and is the largest seaweed found in Europe.
context_section_description: Saccorhiza polyschides is a large and bulky seaweed growing to 2-2.5 metres long. The holdfast is a large, bulbous hollow, knobbly structure. The stipe is long, tough, leathery and rigid and is several centimetres wide. Near the base the margin forms several broad, wavy frills. These ruffles tend to dissipate wave energy and lessen the likelihood that it will be torn from the rock. The frond is digitate with about eight large flat lobes and may be massive. The lack of a midrib distinguishes it from Alaria esculenta. It is an extremely fast growing species, growing annually from the base and becoming fully extended over the course of a few months.
caption: Furbellows and sea belt
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