California Fan Palm
Washingtonia filifera
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Arizona to California
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (fan-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for California Fan Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is a black drupe about 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) in diameter, ripening in autumn and containing a single seed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for California Fan Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
About California Fan Palm
California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) is a palm in the Arecaceae family. It is native to Arizona to California.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, planted as an ornamental and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Arecaceae
Palm family
California Fan Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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