Lessonia flavicans

Lessonia flavicans is a species of kelp in the genus Lessonia, native to the shallow seas off the far south of South America and the Falkland Islands.^[1] It is the only alga to have the form of a tree, having a stem up to 20 cm (7.9 in) thick and up to 3 m (9.8 ft) tall, topped by dichotomous clusters of flaccid fronds each up to a metre long, and bringing the total height to 4 m (13 ft).^[2][3]

Lessonia flavicans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Laminariales
Family:	Lessoniaceae
Genus:	Lessonia
Species:	L. flavicans
Binomial name
Lessonia flavicans Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1825