diff --git a/resources/css/components.css b/resources/css/components.css
index 744b244a..ccf4f998 100644
--- a/resources/css/components.css
+++ b/resources/css/components.css
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 @import './components/field.css';
 @import './components/input.css';
 @import './components/password.css';
+@import './components/textarea.css';
 
 /* Containment */
 
diff --git a/resources/css/components/field.css b/resources/css/components/field.css
index 79536af4..89648471 100644
--- a/resources/css/components/field.css
+++ b/resources/css/components/field.css
@@ -138,35 +138,6 @@
         transition: background-color 604800s, color 604800s;
     }
 
-    /* The browser draws the resize grip in the textarea's own corner, so the
-       textarea reaches to just inside the outline's end and bottom — the grip sits
-       in the field's corner, not on the bottom outline a padding in from it — and
-       its padding puts the text back where it was. */
-    textarea[data-md-field-control] {
-        --field-grip: var(--md-sys-measurement-space50);
-
-        /* The first half-line of the top offset is a margin, not padding: text scrolled up in a full
-           textarea disappears under the edge instead of running through the label. */
-        --textarea-clear: var(--md-sys-measurement-space100);
-        --textarea-pad-top: calc((var(--field-height) - 1.5rem) / 2 - var(--textarea-clear));
-        --textarea-pad-bottom: calc((var(--field-height) - 1.5rem) / 2 - var(--field-grip));
-
-        margin-block: var(--textarea-clear) var(--field-grip);
-        margin-inline-end: calc(var(--field-grip) - var(--field-pad));
-        padding-block: var(--textarea-pad-top) var(--textarea-pad-bottom);
-        padding-inline-end: calc(var(--field-pad) - var(--field-grip));
-        resize: vertical;
-    }
-
-    /* `<x-textarea>` grows with what is typed, from `rows` lines up to `max-rows`. Where the browser
-       cannot size a field to its content, resources/js/field.js sets the height instead. */
-    textarea[data-md-field-control][data-md-autogrow] {
-        field-sizing: content;
-        min-block-size: calc(var(--field-rows, 3) * 1.5rem + var(--textarea-pad-top) + var(--textarea-pad-bottom));
-        max-block-size: calc(var(--field-max-rows, 1000) * 1.5rem + var(--textarea-pad-top) + var(--textarea-pad-bottom));
-        resize: none;
-    }
-
     /* A select covers its whole field — out over the padding and the leading icon at
        the start, under the arrow to the end — and its own padding puts the value back
        where it was. So a press anywhere on the field opens it, and the list, which
@@ -413,11 +384,6 @@
         font: var(--md-sys-typescale-body-md);
     }
 
-    /* A textarea's label rests on its first line, not in the middle of the box. */
-    [data-md-field]:not([data-md-floated]):has([data-md-field-label]):has(textarea[data-md-field-control]:placeholder-shown):not(:focus-within) [data-md-field-label] {
-        top: calc(var(--field-height) / 2);
-    }
-
     [data-md-field]:has([data-md-field-label]):not(:focus-within) [data-md-field-control]::placeholder {
         color: transparent;
     }
@@ -561,14 +527,6 @@
         padding-block: var(--md-sys-measurement-space300) var(--md-sys-measurement-space100);
     }
 
-    [data-md-field][data-md-variant='filled']:has([data-md-field-label]) textarea[data-md-field-control] {
-        --textarea-clear: var(--md-sys-measurement-space300);
-        --textarea-pad-top: 0px;
-        --textarea-pad-bottom: calc(var(--md-sys-measurement-space100) - var(--field-grip));
-
-        padding-block: var(--textarea-pad-top) var(--textarea-pad-bottom);
-    }
-
     /* A file picker's button is taller than a line of text: it sits lower, and a little smaller. */
     [data-md-field][data-md-variant='filled']:has([data-md-field-label]) input[type='file'][data-md-field-control] {
         padding-block: 22px var(--md-sys-measurement-space75);
diff --git a/resources/css/components/textarea.css b/resources/css/components/textarea.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7701cbbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/css/components/textarea.css
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * <x-textarea>: the text field grown to several lines (resources/views/components/textarea.blade.php).
+ *
+ * The chrome is the field's (components/field.css); this file is what a <textarea> changes in it.
+ * The browser's resize grip belongs in the field's corner, so the textarea reaches to just inside
+ * the outline's end and bottom and its padding puts the text back. Its label rests on the first
+ * line rather than in the middle of the box. With `data-md-autogrow` it grows with its text from
+ * `--field-rows` lines to `--field-max-rows` (both set inline by the view) through
+ * `field-sizing: content`, and resources/js/field.js sets the height where the browser cannot.
+ * A line is body-large's 1.5rem, so the row arithmetic stays in rem with the text.
+ *
+ * The field's root carries `data-md-textarea`.
+ */
+
+@layer material.reset, material.tokens, material.base, material.layout, material.components, material.text, material.visibility;
+
+@import './field.css';
+
+@layer material.components {
+    /* The browser draws the resize grip in the textarea's own corner, so the
+       textarea reaches to just inside the outline's end and bottom — the grip sits
+       in the field's corner, not on the bottom outline a padding in from it — and
+       its padding puts the text back where it was. */
+    textarea[data-md-field-control] {
+        --field-grip: var(--md-sys-measurement-space50);
+
+        /* The first half-line of the top offset is a margin, not padding: text scrolled up in a full
+           textarea disappears under the edge instead of running through the label. */
+        --textarea-clear: var(--md-sys-measurement-space100);
+        --textarea-pad-top: calc((var(--field-height) - 1.5rem) / 2 - var(--textarea-clear));
+        --textarea-pad-bottom: calc((var(--field-height) - 1.5rem) / 2 - var(--field-grip));
+
+        margin-block: var(--textarea-clear) var(--field-grip);
+        margin-inline-end: calc(var(--field-grip) - var(--field-pad));
+        padding-block: var(--textarea-pad-top) var(--textarea-pad-bottom);
+        padding-inline-end: calc(var(--field-pad) - var(--field-grip));
+        resize: vertical;
+    }
+
+    /* `<x-textarea>` grows with what is typed, from `rows` lines up to `max-rows`. Where the browser
+       cannot size a field to its content, resources/js/field.js sets the height instead. */
+    textarea[data-md-field-control][data-md-autogrow] {
+        field-sizing: content;
+        min-block-size: calc(var(--field-rows, 3) * 1.5rem + var(--textarea-pad-top) + var(--textarea-pad-bottom));
+        max-block-size: calc(var(--field-max-rows, 1000) * 1.5rem + var(--textarea-pad-top) + var(--textarea-pad-bottom));
+        resize: none;
+    }
+
+    /* A textarea's label rests on its first line, not in the middle of the box. */
+    [data-md-field]:not([data-md-floated]):has([data-md-field-label]):has(textarea[data-md-field-control]:placeholder-shown):not(:focus-within) [data-md-field-label] {
+        top: calc(var(--field-height) / 2);
+    }
+
+    /* Filled, the label floats inside the box: the text starts under it, 24px down, and the
+       bottom keeps the field's 8px. */
+    [data-md-field][data-md-variant='filled']:has([data-md-field-label]) textarea[data-md-field-control] {
+        --textarea-clear: var(--md-sys-measurement-space300);
+        --textarea-pad-top: 0px;
+        --textarea-pad-bottom: calc(var(--md-sys-measurement-space100) - var(--field-grip));
+
+        padding-block: var(--textarea-pad-top) var(--textarea-pad-bottom);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/components/textarea.blade.php b/resources/views/components/textarea.blade.php
index 36e55069..06c64edd 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/textarea.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/textarea.blade.php
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
      form's column never moves. The label rests on the first line rather than in the middle of the
      box. `label`, `hint`, `variant`, `counter` for M3's character counter against `maxlength`, and
      `full` to span the pane past the 40rem M3 bounds a field to from `medium`; every other
-     attribute reaches the `<textarea>`. --}}
+     attribute reaches the `<textarea>`. The field's root carries `data-md-textarea`; what a
+     textarea changes in the field's chrome is resources/css/components/textarea.css. --}}
 
 @props([
     'label' => null,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
     $max = $counter ? $attributes->get('maxlength') : null;
 @endphp
 
-<x-livewire-material::field :$id :$label :$hint :hint-class="$hintClass" :$messages :$variant :counter="$max" :$full :class="$attributes->get('class')" :data-md-readonly="$attributes->get('readonly') ? '' : null">
+<x-livewire-material::field :$id :$label :$hint :hint-class="$hintClass" :$messages :$variant :counter="$max" :$full :class="$attributes->get('class')" :data-md-readonly="$attributes->get('readonly') ? '' : null" data-md-textarea>
     <textarea
         {{ $attributes->except(['class', 'id', 'placeholder']) }}
         id="{{ $id }}"
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/FieldTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/FieldTest.php
index 8a7a8007..60a933d8 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/FieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/FieldTest.php
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ it('lets a password be shown and hidden again', function () {
 it('grows a textarea from its rows up to its maximum, or leaves it to be resized', function () {
     expect((string) $this->blade('<x-textarea label="Message" rows="2" max-rows="6" />'))
         ->toContain('rows="2"')
+        ->toContain('data-md-textarea')
         ->toContain('data-md-autogrow')
         ->toContain('--field-rows: 2;')
         ->toContain('--field-max-rows: 6;')
@@ -254,3 +255,14 @@ it('gives the password field a stylesheet that brings the field and its icons',
         ->toContain("@import './icon.css';")
         ->and((string) file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../../resources/css/components.css'))->toContain("@import './components/password.css';");
 });
+
+it('draws what a textarea changes in the field from its own stylesheet', function () {
+    $css = (string) file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../../resources/css/components/textarea.css');
+
+    expect($css)->toContain("@import './field.css';")
+        ->toContain('@layer material.components')
+        ->toContain('textarea[data-md-field-control][data-md-autogrow]')
+        ->toContain('field-sizing: content;')
+        ->and((string) file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../../resources/css/components/field.css'))->not->toContain('textarea[')
+        ->and((string) file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../../resources/css/components.css'))->toContain("@import './components/textarea.css';");
+});