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Detailed explanation-1: -The world’s largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia. The sprawling seagrass, a marine flowering plant known as Posidonia australis, stretches for more than 112 miles (180 kilometers) in Shark Bay, a wilderness area protected as a World Heritage site.

Detailed explanation-2: -Australian scientists believe they have discovered the world’s biggest plant – and they estimate it’s at least 4,500 years old. The ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass stretching across 112 miles (180 km) was located by researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Flinders University.

Detailed explanation-3: -The world’s largest plant, and clone, may have just been discovered off the Australian coast. Believed to be at least 4,500 years old, Shark Bay’s Posidonia australis covers an area bigger than Washington DC. A meadow supporting thousands of species has just been revealed as the world’s largest clone.