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Pritchardia minor
Also called Swamp Pritchardia, Alakaʻi Swamp pritchardia, Alakaʻi loulu, Alaka'i Swamp Pritchardia
Pritchardia minor is a small Hawaiian fan palm native to the wet, high-elevation forests of central Kaua‘i, growing up to about 12 m. It is rarely cultivated and is best suited to a warm, humid, frost-free climate with consistently moist soil.
Pritchardia minor, the Alakai Swamp pritchardia or loulu, is a palm native to Hawaiʻi. It grows in wet forests in the centre of Kauaʻi at an elevation of about 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).
Hawai'i pritchardia · Nihoa Fan Palm · Kilauea pritchardia · Mt. Eke pritchardia · Loulu · Makaleha pritchardia · Waianae Range pritchardia · Lanai pritchardia · Lo'ulu · Limahuli Valley pritchardia · Molokai pritchardia · Pritchardia mitiaroana
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pritchardia minor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
