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Washingtonia robusta

Upper trunk and stipes. Auckland. May 2007.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

California fan palm, desert fan palm, American cotton palm, cotton palm, Washington palm

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Monocotyledons

Flower colours

Cream, White

Similar taxa

Plants naturalising in New Zealand are either pure Washingtonia robusta or derived from hybrids between W. filifera and W. robusta.

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Arecaceae

Authority

Washingtonia robusta H.Wendl.

Ecology

Year naturalised

2007

Origin

California (U.S.A.)

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Long-lived perennial tree which reproduces exclusively by seed. Fleshy fruits enclosing a hard nut are dispersed by birds and gravity.

Other information

Etymology

robusta: Sturdy

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