California fan palm
Washingtonia filifera (T.Moore & Mast.) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- 3.8 m
Arecaceae
Also called Desert Palm
Formerly Brahea filifera, Neowashingtonia filifera, Pritchardia filifera
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. California to SW. & C. Arizona and Mexico (Baja California, W. Sonora)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS Extension, one source
- Height
- 12 m to 18 mRead from UF/IFAS Extension, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 m to 4.6 mRead from UF/IFAS Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- CreamRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Finnish
- Presidentinpalmu
- Chinese
- 丝葵, 華盛頓椰子
- Simplified Chinese
- 丝葵, 华盛顿椰子, 毛华盛顿棕
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS Extension, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Washingtonia filifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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