Arecaceae
Needle palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Rhapidophyllum
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Common names
By language (14)
- arz
- رابيدوفيلوم هيستريكس
- Chinese
- 针棕
- Dutch
- Rhapidophyllum
- English
- Needle palm, Blue palmetto, Porcupine palm
- French
- Rhapidophyllum
- German
- Nadelpalme
- Hungarian
- Tűpálma
- Kazakh
- Ayazğa tözimdi palʹma, Аязға төзімді пальма, ايازعا ٴتوزىمدى پالما
- mdf
- Кажзеелень пальма
- Persian
- نخل سوزنی
- Portuguese
- Rhapidophyllum
- Spanish
- Rhapidophyllum
- Swedish
- Nålpalm, Blå palmetto
- Turkish
- Rhapidophyllum
Synonyms
- Chamaerops hystrix (Fraser ex Thouin) Pursh
- Corypha hystrix Frazer ex Thouin
- Rhapis caroliniana Kunth
- Sabal hystrix (Fraser ex Thouin) Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: NasserHalaweh, 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.