Arecaceae
Dwarf palmetto
Sabal minor
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Sabal
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- سبال صغير, سبال بهي
- arz
- سبال صغير
- Azerbaijani
- Kiçik sabal
- Bulgarian
- Малък сабал
- Chinese
- 矮菜棕, 短茎萨巴尔榈
- Croatian
- Mali sabal
- English
- Dwarf palmetto, Blue stem palmetto, Bush palmetto, Little blue stem palmetto, Palmetto, Scrub palmetto
- German
- Zwergpalmettopalme
- Hungarian
- Törpe szabalpálma, Kúszó szabalpálma
- Persian
- نخل کوتوله
- Polish
- Palma sabalowa
- Russian
- Сабаль малый
Synonyms
- Brahea minima (Nutt.) H.Wendl.
- Chamaerops acaulis Michx.
- Chamaerops arundinacea (Aiton) Sm.
- Chamaerops glabra Mill.
- Chamaerops louisiana Darby
- Chamaerops sabaloides Baldwin ex Darl.
- Corypha minor Jacq.
- Corypha pumila Walter
- Rhapis acaulis (Michx.) Walter ex Willd.
- Rhapis arundinacea Aiton
- Sabal adansonii Guerns.
- Sabal adansonii var. major hort. ex Becc.
- Sabal adiantina Raf.
- Sabal caroliniana Poir.
- Sabal deeringiana Small
- Sabal floribunda Katzenstein
- Sabal glabra (Mill.) Sarg.
- Sabal louisiana (Darby) Bomhard
- Sabal minima Nutt.
- Sabal pumila (Walter) Elliott
- Sabal serrulata var. minima (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
- Sabal speciosa L.H.Bailey
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 60 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cody Stricker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: gcschmidt911, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mike Tilley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mike Tilley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gold eagle Kroll, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carey Minteer, University of Georgia, United States, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Blake Bringhurst, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carey Minteer, University of Georgia, United States, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Jeon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carey Minteer, University of Georgia, United States, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.