Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Arecales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Butia odorata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
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Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Butia capitata
COMMON NAME:
Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_08
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_09
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 (5/21/15):
Butia odorata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata
FAMILY
Arecaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Butia capitata
2972
Tree
Perennial
Non-native: Brazil & Uruguay
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Waif(s)
Look for it . It is widely planted in the outer Coastal Plain of se. NC, e. SC, e. GA, and FL. It persists and can appear naturalized in apparently semi-natural situations, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Compound
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Orange
Drupaceous
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!