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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sabal minor   FAMILY Arecaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabal minor   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sabal minor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Sabal minor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sabal minor

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 031-02-001:

Sabal minor   FAMILY Arecaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sabal deeringiana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sabal minor

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_sami8_005_pvd

        

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Mark A. Musselman    mam_dwarfpalmetto031406

March    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

image of Sabal minor, Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto

JK Marlow    jkm100508_006

May    Charleston County    SC

Drayton Hall

Flowers on the way..

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JK Marlow    jkm180506_484

May    Crawford County    GA

image of Sabal minor, Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto

JK Marlow    jkm090627_036

June    Mecklenburg County    NC

UNCC Botanical Garden

Petiole unarmed, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Sabal minor, Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto

JK Marlow    jkm090627_038

June    Mecklenburg County    NC

UNCC Botanical Garden

Leaf blades without a midrib, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Sabal minor, Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto

JK Marlow    jkm100612_080

June    Mecklenburg County    NC

UNCC McMillan Greenhouse

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JK Marlow    jkm090717_053

July    Georgetown County    SC

Hobcaw Barony

Stem below ground (rarely emerging). Petioles long and 3-angled, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Sabal minor, Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto

JK Marlow    jkm090717_057

July    Georgetown County    SC

Hobcaw Barony

image of Sabal minor, Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto

Sam Pratt    sbp_102521_1039

October    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

Drupes globose, 6-8mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sabal minor, Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto

JK Marlow    jkm071231_006

December    McCormick County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Blade usually divided medially, a long V-shaped gap between the two halves, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama (Godfrey, 1988).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sabal minor   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabal minor   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sabal minor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sabal minor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sabal minor

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 031-02-001:
Sabal minor   FAMILY Arecaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabal deeringiana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabal minor

 

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1290

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, maritime forests, low moist woods, especially in calcareous soils developed from shell limestone (marl), hardwood flatwoods, marshes, saline barrens, also rarely planted as an ornamental farther inland, where persisting (and appearing native) or possibly naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia, and the GA Piedmont

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Palmately compound

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Drupe

 

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