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'''''Allagoptera arenaria''''' is a wonderful, very 'user-friendly' plant that is very hardy and well adapted to many areas about California, including near the beach.  It is native to the Brazilian coast where it sometimes is the primary plant growing near the ocean.  It is basically a stemless (sometimes short-stemmed) shrubby palm with no sharp edges anywhere- just a lush green fountain of curling leaves about waist high (old plants can get up to one's head).
 
'''''Allagoptera arenaria''''' is a wonderful, very 'user-friendly' plant that is very hardy and well adapted to many areas about California, including near the beach.  It is native to the Brazilian coast where it sometimes is the primary plant growing near the ocean.  It is basically a stemless (sometimes short-stemmed) shrubby palm with no sharp edges anywhere- just a lush green fountain of curling leaves about waist high (old plants can get up to one's head).
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*'''Habit''': stemless to short-stemmed, clustering feather palm with a crown of 10-15 leaves per stem
 
*'''Habit''': stemless to short-stemmed, clustering feather palm with a crown of 10-15 leaves per stem
 
*'''Height''': stem up to 2' above ground; overall height 5'
 
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*'''Trunk''': subterranean to 2' above ground; 4" thick; covered with leaf bases; dark brown and covered with a weave of thick fiber
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*'''Trunk''': subterranean to 2' above ground; not a true offsetting palm- clustering habit is a result of subterranean stem having multiple areas of branching; 4" thick; covered with leaf bases; dark brown and covered with a weave of thick fiber
 
*'''Crownshaft''': none
 
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*'''Availability''': rare but available usually at some palm specialty nurseries; large plants hard to find and very costly
 
*'''Availability''': rare but available usually at some palm specialty nurseries; large plants hard to find and very costly
 
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File:Allagoptera arenaria large H shot 14.jpg|Huntington gardens, California
 
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File:Allogoptera arenaria Hooper.jpg|Los Angeles showing some above ground trunk
 
File:Allogoptera arenaria Hooper.jpg|Los Angeles showing some above ground trunk
 
File:Allogoptera arenaria Huntingotn.jpg|Huntington gardens
 
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File:Allogoptera nice.jpg|Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida
 
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File:Allogoptera arenaria Witt.jpg|Orlando, Florida
 
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File:Allogoptera leaf.jpg|leaf details
 
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File:Allogoptera arenaria stems.jpg|petioles and flower, Hawaii
 
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[[Category: Allagoptera]]

Latest revision as of 07:50, 24 September 2015

Pronunciation: al-uh-GOP-ter-uh ahr-en-NAR-ee-uh


Common Name: Sand Palm, Seashore Palm, Restinga Palm

Allagoptera arenaria is a wonderful, very 'user-friendly' plant that is very hardy and well adapted to many areas about California, including near the beach. It is native to the Brazilian coast where it sometimes is the primary plant growing near the ocean. It is basically a stemless (sometimes short-stemmed) shrubby palm with no sharp edges anywhere- just a lush green fountain of curling leaves about waist high (old plants can get up to one's head).

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: stemless to short-stemmed, clustering feather palm with a crown of 10-15 leaves per stem
  • Height: stem up to 2' above ground; overall height 5'
  • Trunk: subterranean to 2' above ground; not a true offsetting palm- clustering habit is a result of subterranean stem having multiple areas of branching; 4" thick; covered with leaf bases; dark brown and covered with a weave of thick fiber
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 6'-8'
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; markedly plumose; leaflets curled and partially pendulous; bright green above, silvery below; 4'-5' long; leaflet clusters every 3"-4" and nearly 360 degrees in symmetrical radial array; leaflets have prominent yellowy midrib
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 18"-24" long; unarmed; yellowish; arching; flat on top
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence: 1'-3' long peduncles ending in 6"-8" corncob-like structure; greenish-white flowers
  • Fruit: 1/2"-1" and yellow-green when ripe
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 24F
  • Drought Tolerance: fair
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: good
  • Wind Tolerance: good
  • Salt Tolerance: good
  • Growth Rate: very slow
  • Soil Preference: very adaptable
  • Light Requirement: full sun
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
  • Transplants?: fairly tolerant
  • Indoor?: unknown but probably too light needy
  • Availability: rare but available usually at some palm specialty nurseries; large plants hard to find and very costly


  • Huntington gardens, California

  • Hawaii, Lundkvist estate

  • Huntington gardens

  • Huntington gardens

  • Los Angeles showing some above ground trunk

  • Huntington gardens

  • Hawaii, Lundkvist estate

  • Huntington gardens

  • Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida

  • Hawaii

  • Hawaii

  • Orlando, Florida

  • Hawaii

  • leaf shot

  • leaf details

  • leaflets

  • leaf underside

  • some silvery to underside of leaflets

  • petioles and flower, Hawaii

  • Huntington gardens showing all inflorescences

  • Allogoptera flower.JPG
  • Allogoptera flower part H.jpg
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