Arecaceae
European fan palm
Chamaerops humilis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Chamaerops
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- الدوم المتوسطي, دوم, نخل مروحي
- Armenian
- Խամերոփս
- arz
- الدوم المتوسطى
- Asturian
- Palmera nana
- Azerbaijani
- Alçaqboy xamerops
- Basque
- Palmondo nano
- Belarusian
- Chamaerops
- Cantonese
- 歐洲矮棕
- Catalan
- Margalló, Bargalló, Garballó
- Chinese
- 叢櫚, 欧洲扇棕, 矮棕
- Croatian
- Mediteranska lepezasta palma, Grmasta žumara, Niska žumara
- Czech
- Žumara nízká
- Danish
- Dværgpalme-slægten
- Dutch
- Europese dwergpalm, Dwergpalm
- English
- European fan palm, Kiko rivera, Blue Mediterranean fan palm, Fan palm, Hair palm, Mediterranean fan palm, Windmill palm
- Esperanto
- Kameropso
- Finnish
- Kääpiöpalmu
- French
- Palmier nain
- Galician
- Palmeira anana
- Georgian
- Ქამეროფსი
- German
- Zwergpalme
- grc
- Χαμαίρωψ
- Greek
- Χαμαίρωπας χαμηλός, Χαμαίρωψ ο χαμηλός
- hsb
- Niska palmka, Palmka
- Hungarian
- Lószőrpálma, Törpe lószőrpálma, Törpepálma
- Italian
- Palma nana, Palma nana mediterranea, Palme nane
- Japanese
- チャボトウジュロ
- kab
- Tiznirt
- Kazakh
- Хамеропс
- Malayalam
- ചിറ്റീന്തൽ
- Maltese
- Ġummar safrani, Ġummara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Europeisk viftepalme
- Persian
- نخل بادبزنی اروپایی
- Polish
- Karłatka niska, Chamerops niski, Palmiczka, Karłatka, Karłowa palma
- Portuguese
- Chamaerops, Palmeira-das-vassouras
- Russian
- Хамеропс, Хамеропс приземистый
- sc
- Prama de Santu Pedru, Prama nana, Pramitu
- Serbian
- Мала жумара
- Slovak
- Palmička nízka
- Spanish
- Cohollo, Datil de raposa, Datil zorrero, Datiles de perro, Dátil de raposa, Dátil zorrero, Guaspalma, Margallo
- Swedish
- Europeisk dvärgpalm, Dvärgpalm
- Thai
- ปาล์มชาแมรอปส์
- Walloon
- Pålmî nin
Synonyms
- Corypha humilis (L.) Pynaert
- Phoenix humilis (L.) Cav.
- Phoenix humilis Royle
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 50 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Teo Albert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Teo Albert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Milan Chytrý, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Teresa Grau Ros from Barcelona, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sylvain Eichhorn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: etrusko25, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ImagePerson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.