Arecaceae
Scrub palmetto
Sabal etonia
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Sabal
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- سابال اتونيا
- Chinese
- 易通箬棕, 易通菜棕
- English
- Scrub palmetto, Corkscrew palmetto
- German
- Buschpalmetto
- Hungarian
- Floridai szabalpálma
- Japanese
- フロリダサバル
- Persian
- نخل خاشاک
Synonyms
- Sabal adansonii var. megacarpa Chapm.
- Sabal megacarpa (Chapm.) Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, 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: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Bull thatch palmSabal maritimaArecaceae
- Sabal pumosArecaceae
- Sabal yapaArecaceae
- Sabal domingensisArecaceae
- Sabal gretheraeArecaceae
- Rio Grande palmettoSabal mexicanaArecaceae
- Bull thatch palmSabal uresanaArecaceae
- Bay palmettoSabal mauritiiformisArecaceae
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.