Arecaceae
Key thatch palm
Leucothrinax morrisii
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Leucothrinax
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 毛里斯白豆棕
- English
- Key thatch palm, Brittle thatch palm, Buffalo thatch, Peaberry palm, Silvertop palmetto, Silvery thatch palm
- Persian
- نخل گالی فلوریدا
- Spanish
- Leucothrinax, Escoba de palma, Guano de sierra, Palma de cogollo, Palma de petate, Palmita, Yaray
Synonyms
- Simpsonia microcarpa (Sarg.) O.F.Cook
- Thrinax bahamensis O.F.Cook
- Thrinax drudei Becc.
- Thrinax ekmanii Burret
- Thrinax havanensis Anon.
- Thrinax keyensis Sarg.
- Thrinax microcarpa Sarg.
- Thrinax morrisii H.Wendl.
- Thrinax ponceana O.F.Cook
- Thrinax praeceps O.F.Cook
- Thrinax punctulata Becc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Carl E Lewis, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.