Leucothrinax morrisii

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 Leucothrinax morrisii subsp. var.  Brittle Thatch Palm, Peaberry Palm
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Habit: palm-cycad
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Lifespan: perennial
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Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Exposure: sun
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Features: foliage
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USDA Zones: 11 to 12
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Flower features: orange, yellow, white
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Leucothrinax morrisii, the Key thatch palm, is a small palm which is native to the Greater Antilles, northern Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas and the Florida Keys. Until 2008 it was known as Thrinax morrisii.

Leucothrinax morrisii is a palmate-leaved palm with solitary brown or grey stems[1] 1 - 11 m tall and 5 - 35 cm in diameter.[2] Leaves are pale blue-green or yellow-green,[1] whitish on the undersides.[3] Petioles are 27 - 84 cm long with split petioles. The leaflets are 33 - 75 cm long and 2.3 - 4.8 cm wide. The inflorescences extend beyond the leaves and are 55 - 100 cm long. The fruit are white, and turn yellow as they mature.[1]

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Leucothrinax is a monotypic genus—it includes only one species, L. morrisii.

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  2. Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.  ISBN 0-691-08537-4
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