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Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Needle Palm
Origin: Southeastern North America.
| Family |
| Arecaceae |
| Genus |
| Rhapidophyllum |
| Species |
| hystrix |
| Category |
| Tropicals, Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 6b - 10 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 7 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 - H2 |
| Height |
| 90 - 200 cm |
| Spread |
| 120 - 250 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A shrubby, clumping, nearly trunkless palm. |
| Landscape |
| Works well in a container or in the landscape, on of the few palms that can be grown in our USDA zone 5 gardens. More of a novelty than a worth while garden plant in this zone. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in organically rich, evenly moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Best performance is in part-shade. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Habitat |
| Moist to wet woodlands, slopes, ravines and stream bottomland in the southeastern United States of America, (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi). |
| Leaf Description |
| Large, palmate, glossy evergreen green leaves that grow on long upright petioles to 70 cm long. Each deeply divided leaf is fan-shaped with 5-12 narrow segments. |
| Flower Description |
| Three-petaled, yellow-brown flowers in small dense clusters bloom among the leaf sheaths. Flowers are usually hidden by the foliage. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruit is a reddish brown drupe. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. |
| Propagation |
| Propagate from suckers or from seed. |
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