Arecaceae
California fan palm
Washingtonia filifera
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Washingtonia
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- واشنطونية خيطية
- arz
- واشنطونيا خيطيه
- azb
- لیفلی واشینقتونی
- Azerbaijani
- Lifli vaşinqtoniya
- Cantonese
- 老人葵
- Catalan
- Washigtonia filifera
- Chinese
- 华盛顿棕榈, 華盛頓棕櫚, 華盛頓椰子, 丝葵, 华盛顿椰子, 毛华盛顿棕, 老人葵, 加州蒲葵
- Czech
- Washingtonie vláknitá
- English
- California fan palm, Desert palm, American cotton palm, California washingtonia, Cotton palm, Desert fan palm, Fan palm, Petticoat palm
- Estonian
- Kiuline vašingtooniapalm
- Finnish
- Presidentinpalmu
- French
- Palmier de Californie, Palmier jupon, Palmier à jupon
- Galician
- Palmeira de California
- German
- Kalifornische Washingtonpalme, Fädige Washingtonie
- Greek
- Ουασινγκτόνια η νηματοφόρος
- Hebrew
- וושינגטוניה חוטית
- hsb
- Nićata washingtonowa palma
- Hungarian
- Kaliforniai Washington-pálma, Fonalas Washington-pálma
- Italian
- Palma californiana
- Japanese
- ワシントンヤシ, カリフォルニア・ファン・パーム
- Korean
- 워싱턴야자
- Persian
- نخل بادبزنی کالیفرنیا
- Polish
- Waszyngtonia nitkowata
- Russian
- Вашингтония нитеносная
- Slovak
- Palmovka papraďovitá
- Spanish
- Livistona filamentosa
- Turkish
- Çöl yelpaze palmiyesi
Synonyms
- Brahea filifera (Rafarin) W.Watson
- Neowashingtonia filifera (Rafarin) Sudw.
- Pritchardia filifera Rafarin
- Washingtonia filifera var. typica M.E.Jones
Flowers
- In flower
- February, June to September (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ellky Arteta Paredes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: reagan peschke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 1.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alby Penney, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Secuiro, CC0, 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.