Arecaceae
Saw palmetto
Serenoa repens
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Serenoa
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- بلميط منشاري, نخل قصير, البلميط المنشاري, سبال منشاري, شويل
- arz
- بلميط منشارى
- Catalan
- Sàbal
- Chinese
- 鋸棕櫚, 鋸葉棕, 锯叶棕, 锯棕, 鉅棕櫚果, 鋸葉棕櫚
- English
- Saw palmetto, Scrub palmetto
- German
- Sägepalme
- Hebrew
- דקל ננסי
- Hungarian
- Fűrészpálma
- Indonesian
- Saw palmetto
- Japanese
- ノコギリヤシ, ノコギリパルメット
- Lithuanian
- Gulsčioji serenoja, Serenoja
- Macedonian
- Сереноја
- Persian
- نخلک ارهای
- Polish
- Bocznia piłkowana, Palma sabalowa, Palma sabałowa
- Romanian
- Saw palmetto
- Russian
- Сереноя, Сереноа, Сереноа ползучая, Сереноя ползучая
- Spanish
- Serenoa, Diglossophyllum
- Thai
- ปาล์มเลื้อย
- Turkish
- Cüce Palmiye
- Ukrainian
- Сереноа
Synonyms
- Brahea serrulata (Michx.) H.Wendl.
- Chamaerops serrulata Michx.
- Corypha obliqua W.Bartram
- Corypha repens W.Bartram
- Diglossophyllum serrulatum (Michx.) H.Wendl. ex Salomon
- Diglossophyllum serrulatum (Michx.) H.Wendl. ex Drude
- Diglossophyllum serrulatum (Michx.) Schaedtler
- Sabal serrulata (Michx.) Schult.f.
- Serenoa repens f. glauca Moldenke
- Serenoa serrulata (Michx.) Hook.f.
- Serenoa serrulata (Michx.) G.Nicholson
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 210 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: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, United States, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raven Dandridge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: meflowers900, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 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.