| Common Name: |
Dwarf Palmetto Palm |
| Scientific Name: |
Sabal minor |
| Species: |
Fan palm |
| Category: |
Small tree |
| Habit: |
Evergreen |
| Flower Description: |
The flowers are yellowish-white, 5 mm across, produced in large compound panicles up to 6 feet long, extending out beyond the leaves |
| Fruit Description: |
The fruit is a black drupe 0.4 - 0,5 inches long containing a single seed |
| Fragrance: |
No fragrance |
| Foliage Description: |
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 5-6 feet long, with 40 leaflets up to 2 1/2 feet long, conjoined over half of this length |
| Trunk Description: |
Trunk diameter to 1 foot |
| Hardiness: |
USDA Zones 6 - 11 |
| Native Range: |
Native to the deep southeastern and south-central United States and northeastern Mexico |
| Photographer: |
Richard Buggeln |
| Location: |
L-13 |