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Field Notes

Description:

Like a palm with tentacle like leaves that flower?

Habitat:

Los Angeles CA

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Scott Frazier
This is known as a fishtail palm, and for scientific name you can use Caryota sp. (as was suggested below).
jj
This is spot on! Thank you so much for the help!!
C. Daehler
It's a Caryota species. Caryota urens and Caryota mitis are especially popular in landscaping. http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Category:CARYOTA

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PublishedJune 23, 2013

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