Washingtonia filifera

Learn moreThis section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Washingtonia filifera" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)Washingtonia filifera grows to 18 m (59 ft) in height (occasionally to 25 m (82 ft)) in ideal conditions. The California fan palm is also known as the desert fan palm, American cotton palm, and Arizona fan palm.
The fronds are up to 4 m (13 ft) long, made up of a petiole up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long, bearing a fan of leaflets 1.5–2.0 m (4.9–6.6 ft) long. They have long, thread-like, white fibers, and the petioles are pure green with yellow edges and filifera-filaments, between the segments. The trunk is gray and tan, and the leaves are gray green. When the fronds die, they remain attached and drop down to cloak the trunk in a wide skirt. The shelter that the skirt creates provides a microhabitat for many small birds and invertebrates.
Washingtonia filifera typically lives from 80 to 250 years or more.

Water sparingly, allowing the mix to nearly dry out between watering.

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