California fan palm
Washingtonia filifera · Arecaceae · 워싱톤야자
Look
- Leaves
- Fan-shaped leaves 0.9-1.8 m across, much pleated and dull green.
- Flowers
- Inconspicuous flowers grow on long flower stalks over 4 m long.
- Fruit
- Fruit ripens in fall.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to desert riparian areas of southwestern Arizona and southern California in the United States, and Baja California and Sonora in Mexico; the only palm native to the western United States.