Difference between revisions of "Trithrinax campestris"

Geoff Stein - Author & Editor
Line 60: Line 60:
 
File:Tritrinax campestris Jeff leaves.jpg|leaf shot
 
File:Tritrinax campestris Jeff leaves.jpg|leaf shot
 
File:trithrinax campestris chem.JPG|Santa Barbara, California showing suckering appearance
 
File:trithrinax campestris chem.JPG|Santa Barbara, California showing suckering appearance
−
File:Trithrinax campestris spines (2).JPG|showing pleats in leaves
+
File:Trithrinax campestris spines (2).JPG|spines at leaf bases
 
File:Trithrinax campestris spines.JPG|upper stem spines
 
File:Trithrinax campestris spines.JPG|upper stem spines
−
File:Tritrinax campestris leaf bases.jpg|spines at leaf bases
+
File:Tritrinax campestris leaf bases.jpg|showing pleats in leaves
 
File:Trithrinax campestris trunk P.jpg|cleaned trunk
 
File:Trithrinax campestris trunk P.jpg|cleaned trunk
 
File:Trithrinax campestris flowering Oct.jpg|flowering palm in Huntington gardens, California, October
 
File:Trithrinax campestris flowering Oct.jpg|flowering palm in Huntington gardens, California, October
 
File:Trithrinax campestris flweor again.JPG|close up of flowers
 
File:Trithrinax campestris flweor again.JPG|close up of flowers
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>

Revision as of 18:33, 19 August 2014

Pronunciation: try-THRIN-ax cam-PESS-tris


Common Name: Caranday Palm

Trithrinax campestris is an eye-catching, suckering palmate species with a good deal of durability for a variety of southern California climates.

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: suckering with a dense crown of 30 leaves
  • Height: 15'
  • Trunk: multiple, usually covered with skirt of dead leaves for 5'+ but eventually showing a spine-covered trunk with 6" slight wavy, very stout, sharp spines in lateral-ventral orientation; sometimes very bottom of trunk clean in old specimens; 8" diameter
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 7'-10'+
  • Leaf Description: palmate; grey-green to silvery; extremely stiff; leaves divided nearly entire length; 4' with petiole; leaflets end in split with a 1" division and two intensely sharp spines at each leaflet division- caution!
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 2' long, flat on top, unarmed, stiff/unbending
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence: 18" multibranched with bright yellow flowers
  • Fruit:
  • Seed:
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 21F
  • Drought Tolerance: good
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: very good
  • Wind Tolerance: excellent
  • Salt Tolerance: low
  • Growth Rate: very slow to slow with age
  • Soil Preference: very adaptable palm to most soil situations
  • Light Requirement: full sun
  • Human Hazards: extremely sharp, stiff spines all over this palm- pruning is very hazardous even with thick gloves on
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: none known
  • Transplants?: fairly good
  • Indoor?: terrible palm for indoors- too light needy and extremely hazardous
  • Availability: rare but usually available at specialty nurseries; larger palms very rare an extremely pricey

  • San Barbara, California

  • Huntington gardens, California

  • Los Angeles arboretum

  • San Diego county, California

  • Los Angeles arboretum

  • Los Angeles arboretum

  • Santa Monica mountains, California

  • Ventura, California

  • Ventura California

  • Huntington gardens

  • Palm Desert, California

  • Orange county, California in too much shade

  • 10 year juvenile, Ventura county, California

  • skirt of dead leaves

  • leaves showing sharp tips

  • leaf shot

  • leaf shot

  • leaf tips

  • close up of leaf tip

  • young palm, Los Angeles arboretum

  • leaf shot

  • Santa Barbara, California showing suckering appearance

  • spines at leaf bases

  • upper stem spines

  • showing pleats in leaves

  • cleaned trunk

  • flowering palm in Huntington gardens, California, October

  • close up of flowers

Retrieved from "https://www.palmpedia.net/palmsforcal/index.php5?title=Trithrinax_campestris&oldid=1048"