Chamaerops humilis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 267

1. C. humilis L. , Sp. Pl. 1187 (1753).

Acaulescent or with a short, obconical stem not more than 1 -5-2 m in the wild, covered with grey or whitish fibres. Leaves with a green to glaucous, flat lamina up to 80 cm. Spadices up to 35 cm; spathe more or less lanate at margin. Fruits (8-)12-30(-45) mm, globose, ovoid or oblong, yellowor brown. Sandy or rocky ground, mainly near the coast. W. Mediterranean region, eastwards to Malta; S. Portugal. BI Ga Hs It Lu Sa Si.

Frequently cultivated for ornament in the Mediterranean region when it often develops as a tree with stems up to 3 m ormore.