Zamiaceae
Coontie
Zamia pumila
- Family
- Zamiaceae
- Genus
- Zamia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- زاميا صغيرة
- arz
- زاميا صغيره
- Chinese
- 南美蘇鐵, 鳞秕泽米, 瘤状泽米铁
- Czech
- Keják drobný
- English
- Coontie, Florida arrowroot, Florida zamia, Jamaica sago tree, Sago zamia, Seminole bread
- Finnish
- Samiakävykki
- Japanese
- ザミア・プミラ
- Spanish
- Guáyara, Yuquilla de paredón, Yuquilla de sabana
Synonyms
- Encephalartos pumilus Sweet
- Palmifolium debile (Aiton) Kuntze
- Palmifolium pumilum (L.) Kuntze
- Zamia allison-armourii Millsp.
- Zamia concinna Hort.Booth ex Regel
- Zamia cylindrica Hort.Booth ex Regel
- Zamia debilis L.f. ex Salisb.
- Zamia debilis L.f.
- Zamia humilis Salisb.
- Zamia laeta Salisb.
- Zamia latifoliolata Prenlel.
- Zamia media var. commeliniana J.Schust.
- Zamia pumila subsp. pumila
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
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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.