Violetfringe

Descending from the Violetweed, the Violetfringe has increased its size and differentiated its body. It is now composed of two distinct parts: leaves to photosynthesize and rhizoids to anchor itself in the substrate. The frond-like “leaves” have developed from thin vertical ribbons to frayed blades, which have increased its photosynthetic surface even further. Where nutrients and sunlight are plentiful, meadows of deep purple fronds stretch for miles across the seabed. It does, however, struggle to grow in brackish environments, and thus is only rarely found near river mouths and marshes. Where it does occur in brackish areas, its growth is stunted, and it occurs in only small patches. The expansive fields of Violetfringes provide both cover for other species as well as soft and high places for organisms to latch onto. Though they are soft and easy to eat and break, so long as a portion of the fragmented piece has both frond and rhizoid, it can take root in a new location and regrow a new Violetfringe meadow there.