Chamaerops humilis
COMMON NAME | European Fan Palm,
Mediterranean Fan Palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | A small clustering
palm growing to 1.5 m (5ft) by 1.5 m (5ft) at a slow rate. It is a very variable species both in
leaves-colour and in shape. Some plants form suckers more freely than others,
other stay almost single. 'Humilis'
means low growing in botanical Latin |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Native to Europe |
NATIVE HABITAT | It grows in hot
exposed dry cliff-sides of hills and mountains of the Mediterranean Sea
basin. |
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