Mexican Palmetto
| Habit | palm-cycad
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| Height: | ⇕ | 60 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 12 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Origin: | ✈ | Texas to Guatemala |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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| Water: | ◍ | moderate |
| USDA Zones: | 9 to 12 | |
| Sunset Zones: | 10, 12-17, 19-31 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | white |
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Sabal > |
mexicana > |
Sabal mexicana is a species of palm tree that is native to North America. Common names include Mexican Palmetto, Texas Palmetto, Texas Sabal Palm, Rio Grande Palmetto, and Palma de Mícharos.[1] The specific name, mexicana, is Latin for "of Mexico." It is closely related to S. guatemalensis, and the two species may be synonymous.[2]
Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12 - 18 m, with a spread of 3 - 4 m. The trunk reaches 12 - 15 m in length and 30 cm in in diameter. The fan-shaped fronds are 1.5 - 1.8 m wide and attach to 90 - 120 cm spineless petioles. Spikes 1.2 - 1.8 m in length yield small bisexual flowers.[3] The drupes[4] are black when ripe and 12 mm in in diameter.[3]
Read about Mexican Palmetto in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sabal texana, Becc. (S. mexicana, Auth., not Mart. Inodes texana, Cook). Robust palm, to 50 ft. and 2 1/2 ft. diam. of trunk which is bright reddish brown: lvs. 5-7 ft. across, shining and yellowish green, the segms. often parted and filamentose, the petiole stout and equaling or exceeding the blade: terminal branchlets of infl. slender: seed about 1/2 in. broad, with a prominent micropyle. S. Texas.
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- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedGrin - ↑ Riffle, Robert Lee; Paul Craft (2003). An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Timber Press. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9780881925586. http://books.google.com/books?id=rL3dHVJ2CZ8C.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Riffle, Robert Lee (2008). Timber Press Pocket Guide to Palms. Timber Press. p. 204. ISBN 9780881927764. http://books.google.com/books?id=NARcoCeQVPcC.
- ↑ Miller, George Oxford (2006). Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas. Voyageur Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780760325391. http://books.google.com/books?id=3PbQaKSDJfUC.
