

Family | Arecaceae |
Scientific Name | Rhapidophyllum hystrix |
Common Name | needle palm |
Habit | Shrub |
Range | NW NE C |
Site | Moist, Wet |
Foliage | Palmate; glossy deep green above, dull silvery white and somewhat glaucous or pubescent below |
Bark | |
Flower | Indistinct, White, 3 parted |
Fruit | Drupe |
Comment | Petiole is unarmed. Trunk with spines 20 to 40 cm long. |
