Spiked Horn Grass

Spiked Horn Grass Flora

Category: Flora
Attitude: Harvestable
Biome: Bulb Zone Caves, Crash Zone Mesas, Mountains Caves, Sea Treader's Path, Sparse Reef
Reap: (2×2)
Debug Spawn: shellgrass

Spiked Horn Grass Seed

Category: Seeds
Description: Spiked horn grass seed.
Size: 4 (2x2)
Debug Spawn: shellgrassseed
Bioreactor: N/A

Spiked Horn Grass is a mid-sized decorative flora species found in abundance on the shallower part of the Sea Treader's Path biome. By striking it with a knife, Spiked Horn Grass Seeds can be obtained.

Each Spiked Horn Grass has 150 HP and can therefore be slashed 8 times before being destroyed, giving 9 seeds in total. This is because the last knife hit grants 2 seeds instead of one. The seeds can be planted in an Exterior Growbed or an Alien Containment. It takes 800 seconds (13:20 minutes) for a mature plant to grow from a seed.

As mentioned above, the Spiked Horned Grass is only meant for decoration and has no use in crafting.

Appearance

The Spiked Horn Grass appears to be a type of thorny grass with several cone-shaped shells enclosing it. The shells are a glossy light brown, and the grasses are orange-brown with lime green stripes that become more prominent near the tips.

Data Bank Entry

While it shares a closes genetic similarity with blood grass, this species has evolved to house its root system in rigid, horn-shaped enclosures.

Gallery

At day

At night

The Spiked Horn Grass in the Sparse Reef

Two Spiked Horn Grass in the Bulb Zone Caves, surrounded by Spotted Dockleaves

Several specimens in the Sea Treader's Path

Spiked Horn Grass in the Mountains Caves, barely visible

Spiked Horn Grass in the Mountain Island's Caves, growing along Redworts and Spotted Dockleaves

Size comparison with the player

Closeup view of the plant

Hiding animation

Trivia

The Spiked Horn Grass flora was originally planned to have a hiding animation when Fauna or the Player swam near it.
The Spiked Horn Grass is the only flora that cannot be put in the Bioreactor.
The Spiked Horn Grass emits next to no Bioluminescence.