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A small to medium evergreen tree, with large fan-shaped leaves. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Curtis (1883) reports that "Cape Hatteras is, or was, the northern limit of this Palm… It is to be deeply regretted, however, that a reckless indifference to the future, which has been charged as a characteristic of Americans, is likely to efface, at no very distant time, every vestige of this interesting ornament of our coast. The inner portion of the young plant is very tender and palatable, somewhat resembling the Artichoke and Cabbage in taste (hence its name of Cabbage Tree), and is often taken for pickling, and the stock is ruined by the process. Thus for a pound or two of pickles, no better either than many other kinds, the growth of half a century is destroyed in a moment, and posterity left to the wretched inheritance of vain mourning for the loss of the greatest beauty of our maritime forest." Quoted in Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabal palmetto   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 031-02-002:

Sabal palmetto   FAMILY Arecaceae

COMMON NAME:
Cabbage Palmetto

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabal palmetto   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabal palmetto   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 031-02-002:
Sabal palmetto   FAMILY Arecaceae