Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Arecales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Butia odorata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Jelly Palm at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Butia odorata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Butia capitata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Butia capitata
COMMON NAME:
Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_08
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_10
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
The petioles are armed with curved spines (vs. those of Cocos unarmed), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_11
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaflets not filamentose.
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_16
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Cabbage Palmetto in the upper left; Pindo Palm lower right.
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_18
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm150301_788
March Charleston County SC
Trunk is heavy, patterned with the stubs of old leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
COMPARE
Palm and Palmetto species
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JK Marlow jkm150301_792
March Charleston County SC
This slow-growing hardy palm produces feathery, arching, gray-green leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Butia odorata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Butia odorata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Butia capitata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Butia capitata
2972
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Widely planted in the outer Coastal Plain of se. NC, e. SC, e. GA, and FL, persistent in apparently semi-natural situations, and now showing signs of establishing and spreading from seed into natural areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southern Brazil & Uruguay
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Compound
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Orange
Drupaceous
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