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Chamaerops humilis

Planted palm in fruit, in garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted palm with petiolar spines and fruit, in garden near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

European fan palm or Mediterranean dwarf palm

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Monocotyledons

Simplified description

A clumping fan palm with trunk to 4 m tall.

Flower colours

Cream, Yellow

Similar taxa

Trachycarpus spp. Chamaerops is closely related to the Asian genus Trachycarpus, differing in the spined (not smooth) petioles and the multi-stemmed, clustering habit.

Distribution

Self-establishing in vicinity of mature, fruiting planted specimens.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Chamaerops

Family

Arecaceae

Authority

Chamaerops humilis L.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

First recorded 2018 in NZ

Origin

Mediterranean

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Other information

Etymology

humilis: Lowest, dwarf, small, slight

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