Dwarf Palmetto

Dwarf Palmetto

taxobox
name = Dwarf Palmetto


regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Sabal"
species = "S. minor"
binomial = "Sabal minor"
binomial_authority = (Jacq.) Pers.|

The Dwarf Palmetto ("Sabal minor") is one of about 14 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus "Sabal"). It is native to the southeastern United States, ranging from Florida north to eastern North Carolina, and west to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas. It is one of the most frost tolerant palms, surviving temperatures as low as -18°C (among North American palms, second only to the Needle Palm "Rhapidophyllum hystrix"). Its cold-hardiness is variable throughout its range with the Oklahoma native population believed by many to be the cold-hardiest population.

The Dwarf Palmetto grows up to 1 m (rarely 3 m) in height, with a trunk up to 30 cm diameter. It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. Each leaf is 1.5-2 m long, with 40 leaflets up to 80 cm long, conjoined over half of this length. The flowers are yellowish-white, 5 mm across, produced in large compound panicles up to 2 m long, extending out beyond the leaves. The fruit is a black drupe 1-1.3 cm long containing a single seed.

Cultivation

and in Southern Ontario.

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200027117 "Sabal minor"] in Flora of North America


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