Seeds

This article is about the Seeds. You may be looking for Flora.

By planting the seeds, spores, samples or entire specimens of Flora, the Player can either farm useful Raw Materials or decorate their surroundings and Seabases.

While some plants like Creepvine have seeds that can be picked by hand, in order to obtain most types the respective plant must be cut with a knife. In order to plant them, the player must construct a suitable structure for them, either a Plant Pot, Exterior Growbed, Indoor Growbed or an Alien Containment. Simply discarding seeds or spores on the seabed will never result in their growth.

Each plantable flora takes up a certain amount of slots, and can only be planted in some types of planters. Flora with a dark blue item symbol background can only be planted underwater, while those with a green item symbol background can only be planted in bases or on land.

In cases where the player can pick up the entire plant (eg Acid Mushroom, Marblemelon) the player can either place the whole plant or its seeds in a suitable structure. In all cases, once a plant is fully grown, the player can harvest it for multiple seeds. These can then be planted to expand the player's plant collection. After a set number of knife hits a plant will be destroyed and its space in whatever it was planted in cleared.

Creepvine is a unique case in that it has two types of "seed" which produce different results. Planting a Creepvine Sample will result in a plant with no seeds, while planting a Creepvine Seed Cluster will result in one with seeds.

Each flora has a different growth time. If a plant is not fully grown, it will display its current growth as a percentage, using the same graphic used for the Repair Tool, when the player looks directly at it. Creepvines and Bloodvines require vertical clearance to fully mature: if placed in an Alien Containment less than two stories tall, they will never finish growing.

Something to note is that edible seeds, even if rotten, still function identically to freshly picked ones and will grow fruiting plants all the same.

Subnautica

Marine Flora

Flora	Seed	Size	Grown In	Bioreactor	Bioluminescent	Item ID
Acid Mushroom	Acid Mushroom Spore	1	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+210 +21	Yes	acidmushroom acidmushroomspore
Bloodvine	Blood Oil	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment (x2)	+420	Yes	bloodoil
Blue Palm	Blue Palm Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	bluepalmseed
Bulb Bush	Bulb Bush Sample	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+420	Yes	kooshchunk
Cave Bush	Cave Bush Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	purplebranchesseed
Creepvine	Creepvine Sample Creepvine Seed Cluster	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment (x2)	+210 +70	Yes	creepvinepiece creepvineseedcluster
Deep Shroom	Deep Shroom Spore	1	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+210 +21	Yes	whitemushroom whitemushroomspore
Eye Stalk	Eye Stalk Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	eyesplantseed
Furled Papyrus	Furled Papyrus Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	No	redrollplantseed
Gabe's Feather	Gabe's Feather Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	gabesfeatherseed
Gel Sack	Gel Sack Spores	1	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+245 +7	Yes	jellyplant jellyplantseed
Ghost Weed	Ghost Weed Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	redgreententacleseed
Jellyshroom	Jellyshroom Spore	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+140	Yes	snakemushroomspore
Membrain Tree	Membrain Tree Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	membraintreeseed
Pygmy Fan	Pygmy Fan Seed	1	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+28	Yes	smallfanseed
Redwort	Redwort Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	redbushseed
Regress Shell	Regress Shell Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	redconeplantseed
Rouge Cradle	Rouge Cradle Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	redbasketplantseed
Sea Crown	Sea Crown Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	seacrownseed
Spiked Horn Grass	Spiked Horn Grass Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	N/A	No	shellgrassseed
Spotted Dockleaf	Spotted Dockleaf Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	spottedleavesplantseed
Tiger Plant	Tiger Plant Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	spikeplantseed
Veined Nettle	Veined Nettle Seed	1	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+21	Yes	purplefanseed
Violet Beau	Violet Beau Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	Yes	purplestalkseed
Writhing Weed	Writhing Weed Seed	1	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+140	Yes	purpletentacleseed

Land-Based Flora

Flora	Reaps	Size	Planters	Bioreactor	Item ID
Bulbo Tree	Bulbo Tree Sample	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot	+420	bulbotreepiece
Chinese Potato Plant	Chinese Potato	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot	+140	purplevegetable
Fern Palm	Fern Palm Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot	+70	fernpalmseed
Grub Basket	Grub Basket Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot	+105	orangepetalsplantseed
Jaffa Cup	Jaffa Cup Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot	+140	orangemushroomspore
Lantern Tree	Lantern Fruit	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot	+210	hangingfruit
Marblemelon Plant Marblemelon Plant	Marblemelon Seeds	4 (2×2) 1	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot Plant Shelf (Small Marblemelon)	+420 +70	smallmelon melon melonseed
Ming Plant	Ming Plant Seed	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot	+140	purplevaseplantseed
Pink Cap	Pink Cap Spore	1	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot Plant Shelf	+105 +14	pinkmushroom pinkmushroomspore
Speckled Rattler	Speckled Rattler Spore	1	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot Plant Shelf	+140 +14	purplerattle purplerattlespore
Voxel Shrub	Voxel Shrub Seed	1	Exterior Growbed (Surface) Indoor Growbed Plant Pot Plant Shelf	+28	pinkflowerseed

Coral

Main article: Coral

Coral	Reaps	Size	Planters	Bioreactor	Item ID
Brain Coral	Brain Coral Sample	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Underwater) Alien Containment	+70	purplebraincoralpiece

Below Zero

Land

Flora	Seed	Size	Grown In	Bioreactor	Growth (Days)	Item ID
Chinese Potato Plant	Chinese Potato	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Land) Indoor Growbed Plant Pots	+140	0.5	purplevegetable
Fevered Pepper Tree	Fevered Pepper	2 (1×2)	Exterior Growbed (Land) Indoor Growbed Plant Pots	+280	2	heatfruit
Frost Vase Plant	Frost Vase Plant Seed	1	Exterior Growbed (Land) Indoor Growbed Plant Pots Plant Shelf	+140	0.41666...	frozenriverplant2seeds
Horseshoe Shrub	Shrub Nut	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Land) Indoor Growbed Plant Pots	+210	1.666...	leafyfruit
Lantern Tree	Lantern Fruit	4 (2×2)	Exterior Growbed (Land) Indoor Growbed Plant Pots	+210	1	hangingfruit
Marblemelon Plant	Marblemelon Seed	1	Exterior Growbed (Land) Indoor Growbed Plant Pots Plant Shelf	+420	0.666...	melonseed
Preston's Plant	Preston's Delight	1	Exterior Growbed (Land) Indoor Growbed Plant Pots Plant Shelf	+210	0.5	snowstalkerfruit

Sea

Flora	Seed	Size	Grown In	Bioreactor	Growth (Days)	Item ID
Antennae Plant	Antennae Seed	1	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+35	0.333...	smallmaroonplantseed
Bullseye Shroom	Bullseye Shroom Chunk	1	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+70	0.5	twistybridgesmushroomchunk
Creepvine	Creepvine Seed Cluster	4 (2×2)	Alien Containment (x2) Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+70	1	creepvineseedcluster
Gel Sack	Gel Sack Spores	1	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+7	0.375	jellyplantseed
Hardy Cave Bush	Cave Bush Seed	4 (2×2)	Alien Containment (x2) Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+70	1	purplebranchesseed
Redwort	Redwort Seed	4 (2×2)	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+70	0.91666...	redbushseed
Ribbon Plant	Ribbon Plant Seed	1	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+35	0.41666...	genericribbonseed
Spiral Plant	Spiral Plant Clipping	1	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+70	0.666...	genericspiralchunk
Spotted Dockleaf	Spotted Dockleaf Seed	4 (2×2)	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+70	0.666...	spottedleavesplantseed
Violet Beau	Violet Beau Seed	4 (2×2)	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+70	1	purplestalkseed
Young Cotton Anemone	Young Cotton Anemone Seed	1	Alien Containment Exterior Growbed (Aquatic)	+35	0.666...	deeplilyshroomseed